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In partnership with: About Doctors for America: We are a grassroots physician organization that works to convey the ideas and experiences of physicians to achieve healthcare reform based on four key pillars affordable coverage, expanded access to care, high quality care, and practice environments that allow physicians to focus on patient care. For more information: Visit our website ( http://www.drsforamerica.org ) or email us ([email protected] ). This campaign was run in partnership with the National Physicians Alliance (NPA, http://npalliance.org ) and the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR) / SEIU (http://www.cirseiu.org ). An Open Letter to Congress on the Budget for Healthcare Reform We, the undersigned physicians, strongly urge you to support President Obama’s proposed budget for a healthcare reform reserve fund. President Obama has presented a bold blueprint for health reform. It focuses on our most critical priorities: increased access to care that preserves patient choice reduced healthcare costs that would protect Americans from catastrophic medical bills improved quality care through better healthcare systems, information technology, and research. President Obama’s vision combines the best features of our current system with the reforms we need. These proposals and the values they represent are shared by millions of Americans. They are not Democratic or Republican values they are American values. As physicians, we are at the frontlines of an increasingly fragmented and dysfunctional health care system. We need the tools and freedom to practice medicine as we were trained to do. Our patients need meaningful reform. So do we. The President has proposed an ambitious budget that makes a crucial down payment for health reform. We strongly urge Congress to keep the health reform reserve fund as proposed in the President’s budget. After many decades of false starts, we must make health reform a reality in 2009.

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Page 1: An Open Letter to Congress on the Budget for Healthcare Reform

In partnership with:

About Doctors for America: We are a grassroots physician organization that works to convey the ideas and experiences of physicians to achieve healthcare reform based on four key pillars – affordable coverage, expanded access to care, high quality care, and practice environments that allow physicians to focus on patient care. For more information: Visit our website (http://www.drsforamerica.org) or email us ([email protected]). This campaign was run in partnership with the National Physicians Alliance (NPA, http://npalliance.org) and the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR) / SEIU (http://www.cirseiu.org).

An Open Letter to Congress on the Budget for Healthcare Reform

We, the undersigned physicians, strongly urge you to support President Obama’s proposed budget

for a healthcare reform reserve fund.

President Obama has presented a bold blueprint for health reform. It focuses on our most critical

priorities:

increased access to care that preserves patient choice

reduced healthcare costs that would protect Americans from catastrophic medical bills

improved quality care through better healthcare systems, information technology, and

research.

President Obama’s vision combines the best features of our current system with the reforms we need.

These proposals and the values they represent are shared by millions of Americans. They are not

Democratic or Republican values – they are American values.

As physicians, we are at the frontlines of an increasingly fragmented and dysfunctional health care

system. We need the tools and freedom to practice medicine as we were trained to do. Our patients

need meaningful reform. So do we.

The President has proposed an ambitious budget that makes a crucial down payment for health

reform. We strongly urge Congress to keep the health reform reserve fund as proposed in the

President’s budget.

After many decades of false starts, we must make health reform a reality in 2009.

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Doctors for America Open Letter Signatories Page 2

Selected Prominent Signatories affiliations are for identification only

Eli Adashi, MD, MS Professor of Medical Science and Former Dean

The Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University

Whitney Addington, MD President Emeritus

The American College of Physicians

Bernard S. Arons, MD

Former Director

Federal Director of the Center for Mental Health

Services, DHHS

Jay Berkelhamer, MD

Past President (2006-2007)

American Academy of Pediatrics

Andy Calman, MD, PhD Founder and National Chair

Physicians for a Democratic Majority

John Clarkson, MD Dean Emeritus

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Gregory Curfman, MD Executive Editor

New England Journal of Medicine

Victor Dzau, MD

Chancellor of Health Affairs

Duke University

President and CEO

Duke University Health System

Marla Gold, MD Dean

School of Public Health, Drexel University

Robert S. Lawrence, MD

Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Health

Policy, and International Health

John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Director

Center for a Livable Future

John C. Lewin, MD

Chief Executive Officer

American College of Cardiology

Joseph Martin, MD, PhD Dean Emeritus

Harvard Medical School

Dan Morhaim, MD Deputy Majority Leader

Maryland House of Delegates

Faculty

John Hopkins School of Public Health

Philip Pizzo, MD Professor and Dean

Stanford University of Medicine

Irwin Redlener, MD Professor of Population and Family Health

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Director

National Center for Disaster Preparedness

President

Children's Health Fund

Steven P. Shelov, MD, MS Chair and Vice President

Maimonides Infats and Children's Hospital of Brooklyn

Lutheran Medical Center

Walter Tsou, MD, MPH Past President

American Public Health Association

Barry Zuckerman, MD

Joel and Barbara Alpert Professor

Boston University School of Medicine

Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics

Boston Medical Center

Page 3: An Open Letter to Congress on the Budget for Healthcare Reform

About Doctors for America: We are a grassroots physician organization that works to convey the ideas and experiences of physicians to achieve healthcare reform based on four key pillars – affordable coverage, expanded access to care, high quality care, and practice environments that allow physicians to focus on patient care. For more information: Visit our website (http://www.drsforamerica.org) or email us ([email protected]). This campaign was run in partnership with the National Physicians Alliance (NPA, http://npalliance.org) and the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR) / SEIU (http://www.cirseiu.org).

Eva Aagaard, MD

Internal Medicine

Associate Professor of Medicine

University of Colorado Denver School

of Medicine

Aurora, CO

Shameem Abbasy, MD

UroGynecology fellow

Loyola University Medical Center

Chicago, IL

Jean Abbott, MD

Professor, Emergency Medicine

University of Colorado School of

Medicine

Boulder, CO

Matt Abell, BS

Southern Illinois University School of

Medicine

Carbondale, IL

Benjamin Abella, MD

Emergency Med

Assistant Professor

University of Pennsylvania

Ardmore, PA

Jennifer Abrams, BS

University of Rochester School of

Medicine & Dentistry

Rochester, NY

Muhammed Absar, MD

Neuro-Psychiatry

Tufts Medical School

Boston, MA

Krishika Acharya, MD Candidate

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

Kathryn Ackerman, MD, MPH

Endocrinology and Sports Medicine

Instructor

Harvard Medical School

Cambridge, MA

Patrick Acuna, MD

Emergency Medicine

Children's Hospital of Boston

Brookline, MA

Brandy Adams, BA

Howard University College of

Medicine

Arlington, VA

Veronica Ades, MD

Ob/Gyn

Attending Physician

Boston Medical Center

Cambridge, MA

John Adesioye, MBChB MSc

Anesthesiology/Pain Management

Medical Director - Anesthesia

Services

Holzer Medical Center - Jackson

Jackson, OH

Yalda Afshar

University of Illinois at Chicago

College of Medicine

Chicago, IL

Saba Aftab, BS, MD

Otolaryngology

Resident Physician

University Hospitals of Cleveland

Beachwood, OH

Prakhar Agarwal, MD

Tufts University School of Medicine

Medford, MA

Oji Agbai Ii

Morehouse School of Medicine

Mableton, GA

Anna Aggarwal, MD

Nephrologist

Danville, CA

Modupe Agueh

Decatur, GA

Elsa Aguilera, MD

PM&R, SCI, CWS

Educational Consultant

VA Boston Healthcare System

Hingham, MA

Shahram Ahari

El Cerrito, CA

Ryan Ahern, MD Candidate

University of Washington School of

Medicine

Seattle, WA

Tanveer Ahmed, BD, MD

Psychiatrist

Simsbury, CT

Nafis Ahmed, MD

Hospital of the University of

Pennsylvania

Springfield, VA

Aneela Ahmed, MD

Psychiatry

Lafayette, CA

Nida Ahmed

Chicago, IL

Simon Ahtaridis, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine

Hospitalist

Jamaica Plain, MA

Behrooz Akbarnia, MD

Orthopaedic Surgeon

Medical Director

SDCSD

La Jolla, CA

Matthew Akiyama, MD

St-George's University

Brooklyn, NY

Jeffrey Akman, MD

Psychiatry

Leon M Yochelson Professor and

Chair, Department of Psychiatry &

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Doctors for America Open Letter Signatories Page 4

Behavioral Sciences

George Washington University

Washington, DC

Khaldoon Alaswad, MD

Cardiovascular

Appleton Cardiology Associates

Appleton, WI

Hannah Albert, ND

Naturopathic Physician

Fertile Ground Holistic Health

Seattle, WA

Matt Alexander

Columbia University

New York, NY

Leah Alexander, MD

Pediatrician

Fairview, NJ

Dr. Nicole Alexander

Providence, RI

Gregory Alfred, MD

Attending

Miami Beach, FL

Kingsley Aliu, BS, MD

Nuclear Medicine/ Internal Medicine

Resident Physician

Loyola University Health System/JFK

Medical Ctr., Atlantis, FL

Chicago, IL

Gary Allegretta, MD

Palliative Care

Maine Medical Center

Portland, ME

Martha Allen, MD

American Medical Student

Association

Kansas City, KS

Michelle Allen

UC Irvine

Irvine, CA

Caitlin Allen, BS

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Carole Allen, MD

Director of Pediatrics

Harvard Vanguard Medical

Associaters

Arlington, MA

Carole Allen, MD

Director of Pediatrics

Harvard Vanguard Medical

Associaters

Arlington, MA

Bashar Almadani, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine

Resident

OSU

Dublin, OH

Mously Almoza, MD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Resident

Columbia University

Norristown, PA

Saadah Alrajab, MD, MPH

Medicine, Geriatrics

Private Practice and Hospitalist

Hanford Community Medical Center,

and Fresno Community Medical

Canter

Visalia, CA

Justin Altschuler

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Dr. Alai Alvarez

New York, NY

Prashant Amin

Smyrna, GA

Asha Anandaiah, MD

Cambridge, MA

Gowri Anandarajah, MD

Family Medicine

Residency Program Director

Warren Alpert Medical School of

Brown University

Barrington, RI

Brett Anderson, MD/MBA

Pediatric Resident

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

Justin Anderson, MD

Emergency Medicine

Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Redondo Beach, CA

Panagiota Andreopoulou, MD

Endocrinology

Fellow

NIH

Chevy Chase, MD

Valerie Andrews, MD

Surgical Oncology

Assistant Professor of Surgery

UTSW

Dallas, TX

Trisha Anest, BA, MPH

San Antonio, TX

Linda Ann, ND

Prevention

Lompoc, CA

Dr. David Annan

Bronx, NY

Renaisa Anthony, MD, MPH

Faculty

George Washington University

Rockville, MD

Pierre Aoukar, MD

Cardiology Fellow

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Mark Apfel, MD

Family Practice

Medical Director

Anderson Valley Health Center

Philo, CA

Kelli Applegate, MD

Jeffersonville, IN

Shirelle Applin, MD

Family Medicine

Private Practice / Group

Kettering Medical Center

Dayton, OH

Jonathan Arend, MD

Assistant Professor of Internal

Medicine

St Vincents Catholic Medical Center

New York, NY

Jonathan Arend, MD

Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor

St Vincents Catholic Medical Center

New York, NY

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Doctors for America Open Letter Signatories Page 5

Que Areste, ND

Family Physician

Que Areste N.D.

Seattle, WA

Valerie Arkoosh, MD, MPH

Anesthesiology

Professor

University of Pennsylvania School of

Medicine

Glenside, PA

Patil Armenian, MD

UCSF-Fresno

Fresno, CA

Valerie Armstead, MD

Professor

Thomas Jefferson University

/Jefferson Medical College

Moorestown, NJ

Deborah Armstrong, MD

Family Medicine

Resident

Wake Forest University

Winston Salem, NC

Sarabjeet Arneja, MD

Hicksville, NY

Catharine Arnold, MD

Rheumatologist

Madison, CT

Jose Arvizu

UTHSC Med School San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

Arthur K. Asbury, MD, FRCP

Professor of Neurology Emeritus

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Chad Aschtgen, ND

Integrative Cancer Care

Naturopathic Physician

Institute of Complementary Medicine

Seattle, WA

Ava Asher

University of Oregon/ New York

Medical College

Valhalla, NY

Sadia Ashraf-Benson, DO

Internal Medicine Resident

IMMC

Des Moines, IA

Louis Auguste, MD

Surgical Oncology

Attending Surgeon

Long Island Jewish Medical center

Great Neck, NY

Amir Axelrod, MD

Concord, CA

Deborah Ayuste, MD

Saint Louis University School of

Medicine

Saint Louis, MO

Dr. Asif Azam

Brooklyn, NY

Dr. Jacob Babu

Mineola, NY

Laura Baecher-Lind, MD

Ob/Gyn

Clinical Research Fellow

UNC Hospitals

Carrboro, NC

Aida Baens, MD

Psychiatry

Retired, US Army Meddac

Fort Washington, MD

George Bahadue, DO

Hialeah, FL

Jody Bahnmiller, MD

Family Medicine Resident

University of South Alabama

Mobile, AL

Nathan Bahr, MD

Loyola University Chicago Stritch

School of Medicine

Westchester, IL

Rebecca Bak

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

New York, NY

Erin Baker, DO

Family Medicine

Resident Physician

Duke-SRAHEC

Fayetteville, NC

Sarah Baker, DO

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic

Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Lethenia Baker, BA, BS, MD

Ob-Gyn Resident

Morehouse School of Medicine

Riverdale, GA

Meghan Baker, MD

Internal Medicine

Research

MGH

Chestnut Hill, MA

Trygve Bakken, MSc

UCSD

La Jolla, CA

Sharon Bakos, MD

Private Practice

Baylor University Medical Center

Dallas, TX

S. Balasubramaniam, MD

Professor

Charles Drew University

Anaheim, CA

Blanca Baldoceda, MD, MPH

Family Medicine

Attending Physician

PCC Wellness Center

Chicago, IL

Carrie Baldwin, dMD

Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Boston, MA

Jennifer Ballard Dwan, MD

Obstetrics

Assistant Professor

Boston Medical Center

Braintree, MA

Asad Bandealy, MPH

American Medical Student

Association

Orlando, FL

Leslie Bank, MD

Gastroenterology

Assistant Professor and Practicing

Gastroenterologist

Upstate Medical University Clinical

Campus and private practice

Binghamton, NY

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Doctors for America Open Letter Signatories Page 6

Joey Banks, MF

Family Medicine

Faculty at Resident

CMMC Lewiston Maine

Auburn, ME

Michael Banks, MD

Internal Medicine

New York, NY

Naomi Bardach, MD, PhD

Pediatrics Fellow

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Quazi Bari, MD

Medical Center of Delray Beach

Delray Beach, FL

Toni Bark, MD

Prevention

Medical Director

Evanston, IL

Amanda Barner, MD

Ob-Gyn Resident

UAB

Birmingham, AL

Stephen Barnett, MD, MSHA

Pediatrician & Consultant

American Academy of Pediatrics &

American School Health Association

Austin, TX

Peter Barnett, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine, Geriatrics

Assoc Prof of Medicine

Univ of New Mexico

Corrales, NM

Dhai Barr, ND

Portland, OR

Lisha Barre, MD

Physical Med and Rehab

Sole Practitioner/Owner

Fleur de lis Healing and Recovery

Clinic

Arvada, CO

Michael Barrie, BA

Ohio State College of Medicine

Columbus, OH

Melissa Bartick, MD MS

Internal Medicine Hospitalist

Cambridge Health Alliance

Cambridge, MA

Khalid Bashir, MD

Assistant Professor

Creighton University

Omaha, NE

Candace Basich, MD

Family Medicine Resident

Long Beach, CA

Lester Baskin, MD

Internal Medicine

Baskin Clinic

Portland, OR

Gaurab Basu

University of Vermont

Danville, CA

Jose Batlle, MD

New York, NY

Frances Batzer, MD, MBE

REI, Ob-Gyn

Clinical Professor

Thomas Jefferson

Philadelphia, PA

Wilfreta Baugh, MD

Philadelphia, PA

Lindsay Baum, ND

Professor/Physician

Portland, OR

Jennifer Baxter, Naturopathic

Doctorate

National College of Natural Medicine,

Portland, OR

Portland, OR

Keith Bayan, MD

Pediatrics

Los Angeles, CA

Carol Bayer, MD

Psychiatry

Los Angeles, CA

Penny Beach, MD

Family Practice

Assistant Medical Director

Terry Reilly Health Services

Boise, ID

Courtney Beach, MD

Family Practice

Attending Physician

Contra Costa Regional Medical Center

Richmond, CA

Alexis Beatty, MD

Internal Medicine Hospitalist

Duke University

Durham, NC

Luke Beckman

Univ of MN Medical School

Minneapolis, MN

Rebecca Bedingfield, MPH

Medical College of Georgia

Augusta, GA

Theo Beels, MD

Creekside Internal Medicine

Grand Rapids, MI

Jakob Begun, MD,PhD

Internal Medicine Resident

Brigham and Woman's Hospital

Newton Center, MA

Rafael Bejar, MD, PhD

Internal Medicine / Heme / Onc

Chief Resident

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Jamaica Plain, MA

Brandon Bell, BS

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic

Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Robert Beltran, MD, MBA>

President, Latino Med Policy Institute

Los Alamitos, CA

Nerys Benfield, MD

Ob-Gyn

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Rhondee Benjamin-Johnson, MD,

MSc

Internal Medicine

Culver City, CA

Susan Bennett, MD

Internal Medicine

Associate Physician

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

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Doctors for America Open Letter Signatories Page 7

Constance Benson, MD

Infectious Diseases

Faculty Physician

University of California, San Diego

School of Medicine

San Diego, CA

Melissa Bent, BS

Morehouse school of medicine

Atlanta, GA

Zackary Berger, MD, PhD

New York University Medical Center

/ Bellevue Hospital

New York, NY

Kevin Bergman, MD

Family Practice / Emergency

Medicine

Jackson, TN

Kim Bergner, MD

Weston, MA

Charles Bergstrom, MD

Hamilton, NY

Steven Berk, MD, PharmD

Primary Care

Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx,

NY

Scarsdale, NY

Jay Berkelhamer, MD

Past President (2006-2007)

American Academy of Pediatrics

Atlanta, GA

Mark Berman, MD

Internal Medicine

Director, Medical Programs

Keas

San Francisco, CA

Carol Bernstein, MD

Physician

NYU School of Medicine

New York, NY

Lyle Best, MD

Family Medicine

Johnson Clinic

Rolette, ND

Cheryl Bettigole, MD, MPH

Family Medicine

Board Member, National Physicians

Alliance

Philadelphia, PA

Raffaella Betza, MA

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Susan Betzer, PhD, MD

Family Physician and Geriatrician

Saint Petersburg, FL

Nirav Bhakta, MD, PhD

Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical

Care

Fellow

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Kiran Bharadwa, MD

Surgery

PGY1

American Medical Student

Association; NPA

White Plains, NY

Nazleen Bharmal, MD, MPP

Internal Medicine

Fellow

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Shivangi Bhatt, MD, MSc

Pediatrician

Clinic Physician

Los Angeles County Juvenile Court

Health Services

Santa Monica, CA

Jay Bhatt, MD

Cambridge, MA

Satasuk Joy Bhosai, MPH

San Francisco, CA

Agata Bielska

Washington University School of

Medicine

Saint Louis, MO

Azra Bihorac, MD

Assistant Professor

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Sajad Bilgrami, DO

Anesthesiology

Attending

West Jersey Anesthesia Assoc.

Voorhees, NJ

Lara Bishay, BA

New York, NY

Gene Bishop, MD

Internal Medicine, Geriatrics

Clinical Assistant Professor of

Medicine

University of Pennsylvania Health

System

Philadelphia, PA

Asaf Bitton, MD

Internal Medicine

Clinical and Research Fellow

Brigham and Women's Hospital;

Harvard Medical School

Brookline, MA

Lisa Blackwood, MD

OB/GYN

Brooklyn, NY

Jennifer Bliss

UTHSCSA

San Antonio, TX

Jason Block, MD, MPH

General Internal Medicine

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Jamaica Plain, MA

Sheila Bloomquist, MD

Family Medicine

Physician FQHC

North Country HealthCare

Holbrook, AZ

Anna Bloxham, MD

Internal Medicine Physician &

Instructor

UC Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

Alex Blum, MD

Pediatrician

Visiting Assistant

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Corinne Blum, MD

Family Medicine

Chicago, IL

Lynne Blum, PhD

Psychology

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Doctors for America Open Letter Signatories Page 8

Private Practice/ Instructor

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Jenny Blumberg

University of Michigan Medical

School

Ann Arbor, MI

Karen Blumenthal

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Mary Boegel, MD

Family Medicine

Pleasant Hill, CA

Morton Bolman, MD,

Thoracic Surgery

Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical

School

Brigham and Women\'s Hospital

Waban, MA

Dr. Asif Azam

Bronx, NY

Carol Bonfante, MD

Olympia, WA

Laura Bookman, MD

Weston, MA

Seymour Boorstein, MD

Psychiatry

Associate Clinical Professor

University of California San Francisco

Medical School

Greenbrae, CA

Shane Boosey, MD

Chapel Hill, NC

Nirali Bora, MD

Family Medicine

Providence, RI

Louis Borgenicht, MD

Pediatrician

Salt Lake City, UT

Rachel Bortnick, MD/PhD candidate

Harvard Medical School

Cambridge, MA

Rosanne Botha, MD

Ob/Gyn

Faculty Fellow

Oregon Health & Science University

Portland, OR

Angela Botts, MD

Geriatrician

Boston, MA

Natalie Boulware, ND

Primary care in private practice

Southwest College of Naturopathic

Medicine

Washington, DC

Jacqueline Bowles, MD, MSCE

Internal Medicine Physician

VA

Culver City, CA

Thomas Bowlus, MD

Psychiatry

Staff Psychiatrist

Kaiser-Permanente

Laguna Niguel, CA

Laura Boylan, MD

New York, NY

Dorothy Bradford, MD

Internal Medicine

CEO

Bradford Medical Group

Cleveland, OH

John Brady, MD

Newport News, VA

John Brancato, MD

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Emergency Physician

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

Hartford, CT

Sarah Brand, MA

Psychology

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Andrea Brandon, MD/PhD Candidate

University of Illlinois

Champaign, IL

Jeffrey Brauer, MD

Pulmonary/Critical Care

Attending Physician

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore

Baltimore, MD

Kevin Breger, MD, PhD

Internal Medicine

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

David Brehm, MD

Brehm Medical Center

Dallas, TX

Praneeta Bremjit, BA

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Laura Brennan, MD

Pediatrics, Child Abuse Pediatrics

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA

Tracy Brenner, MD

Internal Medicine / Rheumatology

Fellow

Medical College of Wisconsin

Franklin, WI

Mark Bricca, ND, LAc

Oncology

Pearl Natural Health

Portland, OR

Mellena Bridges, MD

Radiology

Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, FL

Nancy Briggs, MD, MPH, FACEP

Retired Emergency Physician

California, MD

Heather Briscoe, BA, MD

Pediatrics Resident

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Felix Brizuela, DO

Neurologist

Riverside Medical of Ohio

Harrison City, PA

Kate Broderick, ND, LAc

Bastyr University

Kenmore, WA

George Brolaski, MD

Psychiatry

Encinitas, CA

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James Brooks, BS

UNC SOM

Chapel Hill, NC

Claire Broome, MD

Internal Medicine

Adjunct Professor Global Health

Emory University

Berkeley, CA

Rachel Broudy, MD

Medical Director, Elder Service Plan

Cambridge Health Alliance

Cambridge, MA

Arleen Brown, MD

Los Angeles, CA

Curtis Brown, MD

Ellicott City, MD

David Brown, MD

Neonatology

Research Consultant

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

South Orange, NJ

Marion Brown, DO

OB/GYN

Developing World Medicine

Partners in Health

Lewisburg, PA

Gwendolyn Brown, DMD

Dentist

Charleston, SC

Edwin Brown, MD

Public Health

Retired

Richmond, VA

Julie Broyles, MD

Internal Medicine

Medical Director

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

Julie Broyles, MD

Associate Professor

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

Lia Bruner, MD

Family Medicine

Assistant Professor of Family and

Community Medicine

Lubbock, TX

Tom Brysacz, MD

Family Medicine

Private Practice

Tucson, AZ

Elizabeth Buchen, MD

Santa Fe, NM

Stephen Bucklew, ND

Seattle, WA

Caroline Buckway, MD

Associate Professor

Stanford University

Mountain View, CA

Russell Buhr, BA

American Medical Student

Association

Los Angeles, CA

Linda Bullock, DO

Internal Medicine

Medical Staff

Lankenau Hospital

Bryn Mawr, PA

Kadia Bundu, MD candidate

University of Iowa Carver College of

Medicine

Coralville, IA

Elizabeth Burpee, MD

Internal Medicine

Hospitalist, VA Medical Center

VA Hospital

Albuquerque, NM

Adam Burrill

National College of Natural Medicine

Portland, OR

Mamie Burruss, ND

National College of Natural Medicine

Portland, OR

Sarah Brand, MA

Psychology

Emory University

Portland, OR

Karen Burt-Imira, MD

Family Practice

Director, Integrative Health Program

Contra Costa Regional Medical Center

Oakland, CA

John Buse, MD, PhD

Endocrinology, Internal Medicine

Professor of Medicine

UNC

Chapel Hill, NC

Joanne Byars, MD

Psychiatry Resident

University of Iowa Hospitals and

Clinics

Coralville, IA

Chelsie Byrnes, MD

Pediatric ICU

MGH

Jamaica Plain, MA

Marie Cabiya, MD

ObGyn

Attending Physician

Advocate Illinois Masonic

Chicago, IL

Alvin Cabrera, MD

Radiation Oncology Resident

Physician

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, NC

Piper Calasanti-Ayuste, MD

Pediatrics

Los Angeles, CA

Sarah Brand, MA

Psychology

Emory University

San Francisco, CA

Andrew Calman, MD, PhD

Ophthalmology

Founder and National Chair

Physicians for a Democratic Majority

(DemDocs)

San Francisco, CA

Marianne Calvanese, Naturopathic

Private Practice

Austin, TX

Shannelle Campbell, MD, MPH

General Surgery

Durham, NC

Mary Campbell, MD

Infectious Diseases Attending

Physician

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

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Joan Albert Camprodon, MD MPH

PhD

Harvard Medical - MGH

Cambridge, MA

Jaime Candelori, MD

Pediatrics Attending Physician

Orlando, FL

Abby Caplin, MD

San Francisco, CA

Dr. Maria Capparelli

New Rochelle, NY

John Carbone, MD

Family Medicine

Middlesex Hospital

West Hartford, CT

Lisa Cardwell, MD

Ob-Gyn

Attending Physician

Farmington, MI

Marc Carey, MD PhD

Family Medicine

Portland, OR

Joseph Carey, MD

Family Practice Resident

CCRMC

Martinez, CA

Dr. Ariel Carls

Saint Paul, MN

Melissa Carmen, MD

Pediatrics Resident Physician

Connecticut Children's Medical

Center/University of Connecticut

West Hartford, CT

Jennifer Carnahan, MA

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

Joseph M. Carrillo, MD

Partner

Harvest Pediatrics

Napa, CA

James Carson, MD, MPH

Johns Hopkins University School of

Medicine

Baltimore, MD

Lesley Carson, MD

Internal Medicine/Geriatrics

Clinical Associate Professor of

Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Maya Carter, MD

Family Medicine

Gwinnett Clinic

Duluth, GA

Jodi Casados, MD

Family Medicine

La Clinica del Pueblo

Tierra Amarilla, NM

Flavio Casoy, MD

Psychiatry Resident

UCSF

Providence, RI

Eric Cassell, MD

Internal Medicine

Emeritus Professor of Public Health

Weill Cornell Medical College

Shawnee On Delaware, PA

Uldine Castel, MD

Family, HIV

Self Employed

Oak View, CA

Leo Anthony Celi, MD, MSc

Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease,

Critical Care Medicine

Research Fellow

Massachusetts General Hospital

Cambridge, MA

Laura Chalfin, MD

Family Practice

Delhi, NY

Ronald Champagne, MD

Pathology

Medical Director of Laboratory

Proctor Hospital, Peoria, IL

Pekin, IL

Nadine Champsi

Pittsburgh, PA

Dr. Ayham Chamseddin

Fond Du Lac, WI

Albert Chan, MD

Pediatrics

San Francisco, CA

David Chan, MD, MSc

Internal Medicine

Brigham & Women's Hospital

Brighton, MA

Amy Chan, MD

Pediatrics Resident

Massachusetts General Hospital

Boston, MA

Sajiv Chandradas, BA

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

New York, NY

Chandra Chandran, MD

Nephrology

Wayne, NJ

Jennifer Chang, BA

American Medical Student

Association; University at Buffalo

School of Medicine

Buffalo, NY

Anya Chang, doctrate of Naturopathic

Medicine

Doctor, Owner of Clinic

National College of Natural Medicine

Tualatin, OR

Cathy Chapman, MD

Rheumatology

Owner

Rheumatology and Dermatology

Associates, PC

Memphis, TN

Joshua Chapman, MD

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Laurie Chapman, ND

Clear Lake, MN

Justin Chatten-Brown, MD

Family Medicine

Emergency Department Physician

Contra Costa Regional Medical Center

Vallejo, CA

Dr. Sudip Chatterjee,

MS(Psychotherapy), PGT(immuno &

allergy)

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Psychotherapist & Sexologist

Director

Parineeta Psychotherapy &

Counselling Centre

Vallejo, CA

Wendy Chavkin, MD,MPH

Preventive Medicine/ObGyn

Professor of Public Health and ObGyn

Columbia University

New York, NY

Kim Cheek, MD

Internal Medicine

Augusta Medical Center

Stuarts Draft, VA

Anjali Chelliah, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Columbia Presbyterian

New York, NY

Alice Chen, MD

Internal Medicine Clinical Instructor

UCLA Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

Joy Chen, BS, MS

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

Steven Chen, MD

Family Practice Staff Physician

Asian Health Services

Alameda, CA

Connie Chen, BA

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Edward Chen, MD

Saint Louis, MO

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA

Price Chenault, MD

Orthopedic Surgery

Rays Harbor Community Hospital

Aberdeen, WA

Judy Chertok, MD

Family Practice Resident

New York Presbyterian Hospital,

Columbia University

New York, NY

Robert Chessin, MD

Pediatrics

Associate Clinical Professor

Yale University School of Medicine

Fairfield, CT

Jason Chiang, MD

Pathology

Clinical Instructor/ Resident

Stony Brook

Centereach, NY

Alan Chiem, MD, MPH

Resident

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Michael Ching, MD, MPH

Pediatrics

Fellow

Children's Hospital Boston

Chestnut Hill, MA

Kathleen Chiotos, BS, MD candidate

George Washington University

Washington, DC

Candice Chipman

Meharry Medical College

Nashville, TN

Sara Chiu, MD

Child Psychiatry

Clinical Director

Hawaii State Dept of Health

Hilo, HI

Karis Cho, MD

Long Island City, NY

Alex Cho, MD, MBA

Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor, Staff Physician

(WOC)

Duke University

Durham, NC

Ricky Choi, MD, MPH

Pediatrics Department Head

Asian Health Services

San Francisco, CA

Daniel Choi, BA

Northwestern University Feinberg

School of Medicine

Chicago, IL

Kate Chomsky-Higgins

University of California San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Salim Chowdhrey, MD

Psychiatry

Clinical Associate Professor

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Med

School

Short Hills, NJ

Salim Chowdhrey, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

Psychiatry

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Med

School

Short Hills, NJ

Alexandra Christopoulos

National College of Natural Medicine

Portland, OR

Grant Chu, MD

Los Angeles, CA

Elaine Chu, MD

Family Practice

La Canada Flintridge, CA

Elizabeth Chuang, MD

Internal Medicine

Bellevue Hospital, New York, New

York

New York, NY

Betty Chung, BA, MA

UMDNJ - School of Osteopathic

Medicine

Voorhees, NJ

Ray Chung, MD

Director of Hepatology

Massachusetts General Hospital,

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Conshohocken, PA

Wayne Clairborne, MD

Attending & Associate Professor of

OB/GYN

Brown University/W&I Hospital

Hope, RI

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Camille Clare, MD

Metropolitan Hospital

New York, NY

Brinton Clark, MD

Primary Care Physician

Providence Health System

Portland, OR

Cheryl Clark, MD, ScD

Internal Medicine; Epidemiology

Boston, MA

Ben Clark, DPM

Chief of Podiatry

Methodist Hospitals of Dallas

Dallas, TX

Emma Clark, MD/MS student

Harvard University/University of

Florida

Cambridge, MA

John Clarkson, MD

Ophthalmology

Dean Emeritus

University of Miami Miller School of

Medicine

Miami, FL

Michelle Clay, DO

Philadelphia, PA

Merja Clegg, MD

Family Medicine

Miami, FL

Jerry Clements, MD

Family Medicine Private Practice

AECOM, BIMC, SVMC

New York, NY

Alison Clemons, MD

Emergency Medicine

Hyperbaric Medicine

Charlotte, NC

Bruce Clemons, MD

Internal Medicine

Outpatient Medical Director and

CMIO

Martha Jefferson Hospital

Keswick, VA

John Coburn

Rush University Medical College

Chicago, IL

Chase Coffey, MD

Internal Medicine

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Steven Cohen, MD

Family Medicine

Mesquite, TX

Jennifer Cohen, MD, MMSc

Newborn Medicine

Attending Physician

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, MA

Peter Cohen, MD

Psychiatry

Consulting Physician

Lemuel Shattuck Hospital

Chestnut Hill, MA

Martin Cohen, MD

Pediatrics

Private Practice

Pebble Beach, CA

Richard Cohen, MD

Clinical Professor

Providence Portland Medical Center

Portland, OR

Cynthia Cole, MD, MPH

Neonatology

Boston Med Center, Boston

University School of Medicine

Boston, MA

Clenton Coleman, MD

Internal Medicine, Nephrology

Lenox Hill Hospital

New York, NY

Ryan Coller, MD

Pediatrics

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Richard Colletti, MD

Burlington, VT

Kate Colwell, BSN, MS, MD

Family Medicine

Berkeley, CA

Meaghan Combs, MD, MPH

Family Medicine Resident

University of Wisconsin, Department

of Family Medicine

Madison, WI

John Conery, MD

Norfolk, VA

Thomas Connally, MD, MACP

Internal Medicine

Medical Director

Arlington Free Clinic (Virginia)

Arlington, VA

James Conniff

Columbia University

New York, NY

Barbara Cook, MD

Family Practice

Medical Director

The Access Partnership, Johns

Hopkins Medicine

Cockeysville, MD

Ariel Cook

Portland, OR

Molly Cooke, MD

internal medicine

Professor of Medicine

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Dennis Cope, MD

Internal Medicine

Chair of Medicine

Olive View-UCLA

Sylmar, CA

Heidi Coplin, MD

Hennepin County Medical Center

Minneapolis, MN

Dr. Giselle Corbie-Smith

Chapel Hill, NC

Kristina Cordasco, MD,MPH, MSHs

Internal Medicine

Assitant Professor of Medicine

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

Matthew Corey, MD

SUNY-Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

Marco Cornelio

North Reading, MA

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Alexandra Cornell, MD

Pediatric Pulmonary Fellow

Columbia University

New York, NY

Alma Cortez, MD

Pediatrics

Los Angeles, CA

David Cosgrove, MD

Medical Oncology/ Internal Medicine

Fellow

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Melinda Costa, MD

Resident

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA

Karen Costenbader, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

John Costenbader, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Interlakes Orthopaedic Surgery, PC

Virginia Beach, VA

Danielle Coulter

San Antonio, TX

Antonio Crespo, MD

Infectious Diseases

Florida Infectious Disease Group

Orlando, FL

Renee Crichlow, MD, FAAFP

Physician Faculty

Montana Family Medicine Residency

Program

Red Lodge, MT

Chad Crim, MD

Family Medicine

Waco, TX

Melissa Crochet, MD

Obstetrics/Gynecology

Dallas, TX

Faith Crosby, MD

Greensboro, NC

Lisa Crossley, MD

Staff physician

Brookline, MA

Janet Crow, MD

Pediatrics

Pediatrician

UC San Diego

San Diego, CA

Benadette Crowder, MD

Neonatology Fellow

Johns Hopkins

Baltimore, MD

Melanie Crutchfield, MD

Surgery Resident

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson

Columbus, GA

Sarah Cueva, MD

pediatrics

Pediatrician

Stanford

Mountain View, CA

Anne Cummings, MD

Internal Medicine

Assistant Clinical Professor of

Medicine

UCSF

Greenbrae, CA

Kayla Cunningham, MD, MHS

Internal Medicine and Endocrinology

Physician

Maryland Endocrine

Laurel, MD

Gregory Curfman, AB, MD

Internal Medicine/Cardiology

Executive Editor

New England Journal of Medicine

Concord, MA

Jim Curry

American Medical Student

Association

Iowa City, IA

Jim Curry, BSE

American Medical Student

Association

Farmington, CT

Anne Cushing-Brescia, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine

Assistant Dean of Medicine (Advising)

Brown University

Pawtucket, RI

Genevieve Daftary, MD, MPH

Pediatric Resident

Massachusetts General Hospital

Cambridge, MA

Joshua Dahlke, MD

Staff, Obstetrics/Gynecology

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth

Virginia

Norfolk, VA

Anuj Dalal, MD

Internal Medicine

Associate Physician

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, MA

Karen Dallas, MDCM

Hematopathology

Resident Physician

University of Toronto

Deerwood, MN

Debra Dalton, MD

Pediatrics

Attending Physician

Fort HealthCare

Verona, WI

Peter Dalum, MD, CMD

Family Practice

Medical Director -- 7 Nursing Homes

Marshfield Clinic

Marshfield, WI

Eldra Daniels

Howard University College of

Medicine

Silver Spring, MD

James Daniero, MD, MS

Otolaryngology

Resident

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

Andrea Darby-Stewart, MD

Family Medicine

Scottsdale, AZ

Barbara Daugharty, MD

Internal Medicine

Chair of Credentialling/Ex-Chief of

Staff

Kootenai Medical Center

Coeur D Alene, ID

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Michelle Davey, DO

Family Practice

Medical Director

Russian River Health Center

Camp Meeker, CA

John David, MD

Professor Emeritus

Harvard School of Public Health

New York, NY

Autumn Davidson, MD

OB-Gyn

Resident

UMass Memorial Hospital

Worcester, MA

Laura Davies, MD,

Psychiatrist, Child and Adolescent

Psychiatrist

Private practice, Consultation/Liaison

Psychiatrist

St. Luke's Hospital

San Francisco, CA

Jill Davies, MD

Ob/Gyn

Assoc Professor

Univ of Colorado Denver School of

Medicine

Denver, CO

Jill Davies, MD

Associate Professor, Division of

Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department

of Ob/Gyn

University of Colorado Denver School

of Medicine

Aurora, CO

Kathryn Davis, MD

Neurology, Epilepsy

Fellow

Hospital of the University of

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Asha Davis, MD

Winston Salem, NC

Lara Davis, MD

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Resident Physician

Brigham & Women\'s Hospital and

Children\'s Hospital Boston

Jamaica Plain, MA

Kisha Davis, MD

Family Medicine

Chase Brexton

Ellicott City, MD

Jessica Davis, MD

Family Medicine

Meliora Family Medicine PLLC

Schaghticoke, NY

Melissa Davis, BA, BS

UICOMP

Peoria, IL

Kathryn Davis, MD

Epilepsy Fellow

Neurology, Epilepsy

Hospital of the University of

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Aretha Delight Davis, JD

Harvard Medical School

Jamaica Plain, MA

Anissa Davis, MD, MPH

Family Medicine

Long Beach, CA

Lisa Davison, MD

Internal Medicine

Middle Way Internal Medicine

Seattle, WA

Patricia Dawson, MD, PhD

Breast Cancer Surgeon

Medical Director

Swedish Cancer Institute

Bainbridge Island, WA

Carol De Costa, MD, MS

Medical Director Rehabilitation

Medicine And Sports Services, P.C,

Private Practice

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Elmurst

hospital.

Assistant Attending, Clinical

Professor SUNY HSC Brooklyn

Brooklyn, NY

Paul de Jong, ND

Family Medicine

Private Practice

Bellingham, WA

Marco De Santis, DO

Resident

Mount Clemens Regional Medical

Center

Toledo, OH

Cambridge, MA

Brad Deal, MD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Staff Psychiatrist

OH Close

San Francisco, CA

Roderick Deano

University of Illinois

Chicago, IL

Daniel Debowy, MD, PhD

Psychiatry

PGY-III

MGH, McLean Hospital

Boston, MA

Serena Dee, MD

Pediatrics

Greater Lawrence Family Health

Center

Acton, MA

Amanda Del Rosario, BA

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Meghan Delaney, DO

Transfusion Medicine

Assistant Medical Director

Puget Sound Blood Center

Seattle, WA

Jules Delaune, MD MPA

Urology

Washington, DC

Ciaran Dellafera, MS1(MD)

UMass Medical School

Worcester, MA

Samuel Dellenbaugh, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Resident

Albany Medical Center

Delmar, NY

Kiranjit Deol, MD

Medicine and Pediatrics

Outpatient Physician, Medical School

Attending

University of Chicago, Federally

funded clinic FFHC

Chicago, IL

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Sameer Desai, MD

Hematology Oncology

Private Practice

West Windsor, NJ

Skokie, IL

Danielle Desrochers, MD

Family Practice

Page Memorial Hospital

Luray, VA

Marie-Carole Desrosiers, MD

Hollywood, FL

Roger Detels, MD, MS

Epidemiology

Professor

UCLA

Marina Del Rey, CA

Yogeswari Devarajan, MD

Psychiatry

Consultant

Washington, DC

Katherine Devaul, MD

Child Psychiatry

Staff Psychiatrist

Children's Health Council

Mountain View, CA

Linda Devereux, MD

Oncology

Attending Physician

Cooper University Hospital

Wynnewood, PA

Julia Dewey, MD

Pediatrics Resident

Madison, WI

Ashwin Dharmadhikari, MD

Boston, MA

Natasha Diaz, MD

Family Practice

Forest Park, IL

Bruce Dickson, ND

Mcminnville, OR

Gregory Dimijian, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of

Psychiatry

University of Texas Southwestern

Medical School

Dallas, TX

Eric Ding, PhD

Harvard School of Public Health

Jamaica Plain, MA

Elisabeth Diver

Columbia P&S

New York, NY

Danielle Dixon, MPH, DO Candidate

LECOM

Hubbard, OH

Tin Do, MD

Emergency Medicine

St Mary's Medical Center

San Francisco, CA

Dorcas Dobie, MD

Geriatric Psychiatry

Associate Professor

University of Washington School of

Medicine

Sammamish, WA

Tina Dobsevage, MD

Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, NY

Paul Doetsch, BS

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Mary Doll, MD

Cleveland, OH

Julia Donelson, BA-Biology

UTHSC-SA

San Antonio, TX

Tabitha Doniach, MD PhD

Family Physician

Sutter Medical Center

Santa Rosa, CA

Nameeta Dookeran, MD, MSc

Internal Medicine, Public Health and

General Preventive Medicine

Associate Physician

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Jamaica Plain, MA

Henry Dorn, MD

Ob-Gyn

Owner/Physician, Henry Dorn MD

PLLC

High Point, NC

Rupali Doshi, MD

Instructor

Emory University School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA

Ashmi Doshi, BA, MD candidate

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Saumil Doshi, MD

Internal Medicine

Medical Epidemiologist

CDC

Atlanta, GA

Michelle Dossett, MD, PhD

Internal Medicine

PGY-1

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Brookline, MA

Teresa Doucet

University of Connecticut School of

Medicine

Hartford, CT

Christopher Doughty

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Jan Douglas, MD

Family Practice

Faculty Physician

Grady Health System

Atlanta, GA

Pamela Dowell, MD

Internal Medicine

Physican-Owner

Desert Sage Internal Medicine

Tucson, AZ

Ann Drum, MD

Family Medicine

Physician

Fort Payne, AL

Lee Dudley, DO

Emergency Medicine/Internal

Medicine

Emergency Medicine Attending

UTMG, Inc

Memphis, TN

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Thomas Duffy, MD

Professor/Med

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Fred Duffy, MD

Plastic Surgery

Medical City Dallas

Dallas, TX

Robert Duffy, MD

Family Medicine

Asst Professor

Univ. of South Alabama

Mobile, AL

Carol Duh

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Kimberly Duir, MD

Family Medicine

staff physician

Kaiser Richmond

Berkeley, CA

Adjoa Duker, MD, MPH

Family Medicine

Attending Physician

NYC Health Dept

Brooklyn, NY

New York, NY

Daniel Duncan, BS

Yale School of Medicine

New Haven, CT

Michael Dunn, MD

Gastroenterology

Clinical Professor, Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Aaron Dunn, MD

Family Physician

Mineral Point, WI

Erin Dunnigan, MD, MBA

Internal Medicine

Resident

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, NC

Truc-ha Duong, Md

Pediatrics Resident

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

Christopher Dutra, MD

Emergency and Internal Medicine

Alta Bates Medical Center, Berkeley,

CA

Berkeley, CA

Natalia Dvorak, MD

Ob-Gyn Resident

Cedars-Sinai

Los Angeles, CA

Andrew Dykens, MD, MPH

Family Medicine

Instructor of Clinical Medicine

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, IL

Andrew Dykens, MD, MPH

Family Medicine Clinical Instructor

UIC

Chicago, IL

Dr. Mark Earnest

Denver, CO

Linda Eckhardt, Md, MD

Family Medicine

Northampton, PA

Ellen Edens, MD

Psychiatry

Addiction Psychiatry Fellow

Yale School of Medicine

Northford, CT

Teela Edge, Bio-med Science

USF

Tampa, FL

Diana Edwards, MD

Pediatrician

San Francisco, CA

Kristne Ehrenberger, MD/PhD

University of Illinois UC COM

Champaign, IL

James Eichel, MD

Family Practice

Bayside Medical Group

Alameda, CA

Brian Eichner, MD

Pediatric Resident

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, NC

David Eisenberg, MD

Fellow

Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

David Eisenman, MD, MSHS

Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

David Geffen School of Medicine at

UCLA

Beverly Hills, CA

Neveen El-Farra, MD

Internal Medicine

Assistant Clinical Professor

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

David Geffen School of Medicine at

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

G david Elkin, MD

Attending Psychiatrist/Clinical

Professor of Psychiatry

SF General Hospital/UCSF

Oakland, CA

Cinthia Elkins, MD PhD

Family Medicine Resident

St. John Providence

Fenton, MI

Lieberman Ellin, MD

Nephrology

Retired

South Pasadena, CA

Katherine Ellington, MD

Saint Albans, NY

Virgie Ellington, MD

Internal Medicine

New York, NY

Patrick Elliott

Case Western Reserve University

SOM

Cleveland, OH

Matthew Ellman, MD

Assistant Professor

Yale School of Medicine

Madison, CT

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Jessica Ellsworth, MD

Family Medicine

Scottsdale, AZ

Nkiruka Emeagwali, MS

Meharry Medical College

Nashville, TN

Nicole Emil, MD

Internal Medicine

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

Anna Maria Enfield, BS, BA

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Yan Epelboym, MPH

Mount Sinai

New York, NY

Nazli Erbay, MD

Radiology

Boston, MA

Sasa Espino

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

Genevieve Estilo, MD

Nephrology

New York, NY

Marcus Eubanks, MD

Emergency Medicine

Staff Physician

Pittsburgh, PA

Megan Evans, MPH

The Geroge Washington School of

Medicine

Washington, DC

Jasmin Evans, MD

Anesthesiology

Attending Physician

Lahey Clinic Medical Center

Medford, MA

Nate Evans, MD

General and Thoracic Surgery

Physician

Massachusetts General Hospital

Medford, MA

David Evans, MD

FP

Madras, OR

Nathaniel Evans, MD

Internal Medicine, Emergency

Medicine, Occupational Medicine

President, Medical Director

Burlington Medical Center

Willingboro, NJ

Anne Fabiny, MD

Chief of Geriatrics

Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard

Medical School

Cambridge, MA

Hossam Fadel, MD, Ph,D,

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Private Practice

university hospital

Augusta, GA

Barbara Fallon, MD

Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology

Grove Hill Medical Center

Old Lyme, CT

Tiffany Farchione, MD

Psychiatrist

UPMC

Pittsburgh, PA

Veronica Farfan-Madrid, DO

Family Medicine

RCRMC

Chino, CA

Julie Farrow, MD

Ob-Gyn

Private Practice

Texas Health Resources Plano

Plano, TX

Molly Fauth, MD

Family Practice

Hood River, OR

Mike Favazza, MD

Pediatrics

Resident Physician

Children's Hospital & Research Center

Oakland

San Francisco, CA

Steve Fehlauer, MD

Internal Medicing/Geriatrics

President

Wasatch Geriatrics, PC

Sandy, UT

Marcy Feibelman, naturopathic

doctorate

National College of Natural Medicine,

Portland, OR

Portland, OR

Eric Fein

Marina Del Rey, CA

Dan Fennell, MD

Pulmonary Disease

Private Practice

Medford, OR

Jorge Fernandez, MD

Emergency Medicine

Assistant Professor of Clinical

Emergency Medicine

USC

Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Ambra Ferraris

White Plains, NY

Richard Feuer, MD

Psychiatry

Medical Director Behavioral Health

Community Health Center

Meriden, CT

Jacqueline Fincher, MD

Internal Medicine

Managing Partner, Private Practice,

Rural Primary Care

Thomson, GA

Jacqueline Fincher, MD

Internal Medicine

Managing Partner, Private Practice,

Rural Primary Care

Thomson, GA

Molly Findley, MPH

Touro College of Osteopathic

Medicine

New York, NY

Kevin Fiori, BS, BA, MPH

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Max Fischer, MD, MPH

Pathology Resident

University of Maryland Medical

Center

Baltimore, MD

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Jeremy Fish, MD

Family Medicine

Moraga, CA

Jenny Fisher, Naturopathic Doctorate

National College of Natural Medicine,

Portland, OR

Portland, OR

Rian Fisher, BS

University of Washington

Maple Valley, WA

Daniel Fitzpatrick

St George's University

New Port Richey, FL

Anna Flattau, MD, MSc

Family Medicine

Assistant Professor

Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY

Alexa Fleckenstein, MD

Internal Medicine

Brookline, MA

Jason Fletcher, DO, BS

Internal Medicine Resident

Saint Vincent Mercy Medical Center

Toledo, OH

Ryan Flint, DO

Family Medicine

Access Family Medicine

Denver, CO

Laravic Flores

Bronx, NY

Sara Folit-Weinberg, BA

University of Rochester School of

Medicine and Dentistry

Rochester, NY

Amanda Fontenot, MD

Internal Medicine

Ochsner Medical Center

New Orleans, LA

Julianne Forbes, ND

Naturopathic Medicine

North Bridgton, ME

Howard Forman, MD

Professor

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Marshall Forstein, MD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Harvard Medical School

Cambridge, MA

Kristine Fortin, BS, MS

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Alison Foster, MD in May 2009

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Robert Fowler, MD

General Internal Medicine

Retired

Henderson, NV

Alyson Fox, MD

Gastroenterlogy

Fellow

Hospital of the University of

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

James Foxhall, MD

Family Physician

Elkins Park, PA

Dr. Asia Frazier

Brooklyn, NY

Marshall Freedman, MD

GI

Volunteer

Uunviersity of Colorado at Denver

Denver, CO

Rachel Freedman, MD

Boston, MA

Brian Freeman, MD

Internal Medicine Fellow

University of Iowa

Coralville, IA

Marina Freudzon

Yale School of Medicine

West Hartford, CT

Allison Friedenberg, MD

Physician

New York University Medical Center

New York, NY

Robert Friedlander Jr., MD

Oncology

Partner

New Hampshire Oncology-

Hematology PA

Contoocook, NH

Mary Gabriele, medical doctor

family practice

medical doctor

PeaceHealth, Eugene, OR

Eugene, OR

Regan Gage

George Washington University

Washington, DC

Rachel Gagen , MD

Pediatrician

Lynchburg, VA

Michael Galindo, MD

Internal Medicine

Assistant Clinical Professor

UCLA Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

Kathy Gallardo, MD, PhD

Child, Adolescent & Adult

Psychiatrist

DOD

Los Angeles, CA

Lalita Gandbhir, M D

Pathology

Retired

Newton Center, MA

Monica Gandhi, MD

Infectious Diseases

Assistant Professor

University of California, San

Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Dr. Neelima Ganta

CMMC

Auburn, ME

Mandy Garber, MD

Internal Medicine; Psychiatry

Attending Physician/Resident

Allegheny General Hospital

Pittsburgh, PA

J Gardner, BA,MD,MSBME

F.P.

Medical Director

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Concentra Wellnes Clinic

Buffalo, IA

Catherine Garrett

University of Texas Health Science

Center at San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

Robert Garrett, MD

Associate Clinical Professor of Family

Medicine

University of Iowa Health Care

Iowa City, IA

Brook Gebeyehu, MD, MPH

Anesthesiology

Attending Anesthesiologist

Howard University Hospital

Alexandria, VA

Jeffrey Gehring, MD

Assistant Professor of Emergency

Medicine

University of Florida - Shands

Jacksonville

Jacksonville, FL

Jr Geis, MD

Neuroradiology

Fort Collins, CO

Jeffrey Gelfand, MD

Neurology

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Jaime Gerber, MD

Geriatrics/Family Medicine

Attending physician

University of Washington

Neighborhood Clinics

Mercer Island, WA

Rani Gereige, MD, MPH

Pediatrics

Associate Professor

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL

Lynn Gershan, MD,CM

Pediatrics

Private Practice

Thiensville, WI

Marvin Gershengorn, MD

Washington, DC

Hayley Gershengorn, MD

Pulmonary-Critical Care Fellow

NYPH-Columbia

New York, NY

Marie-Denise Gervais, MD

Faculty

University of Miami

Hollywood, FL

Maria Gervits

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

of Yeshiva University

Bronx, NY

Alex Gerwer, MS, BS

Principal, AKN

Long Beach, CA

Julia Getzelman, MD

Pediatrics

CMO/ Owner

GetzWell Pediatrics

San Francisco, CA

Mohammed Giashuddin, MBBS,

DTMH, MS, RD

Clinical Dietitian

Jacobi Medical Centr

Bronx, NY

Bonnie Gifford, MD

Medical Director

Anthony Correctional Center

Renick, WV

Ian Gilson, MD

Internal Medicine

Staff Physician

Aurora Medical Group

Milwaukee, WI

David Ginsburg, MD

Highland Park, IL

Dr. Jessica Giordano

Merrick, NY

Robert Gitchell, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon

Private Practice

Ames, IA

Jody Glance, MD

Psychiatry Resident

University of Pittsburgh Medical

Center

Pittsburgh, PA

Christine Glasow, MD

Pediatrics

Resident Physician

Saint Louis Children's Hospital

Saint Louis, MO

Lisa Glass

New York, NY

Christin Glorioso, BS

University of Pittsburgh School of

Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA

Dennis Godby, Naturopathic

Physician

Sacramento Naturopathic Medical

Center

Sacramento, CA

Lauren Goddard, BA

Brown University

Providence, RI

Emily Godfrey, MD, MPH

Family Medicine

Assistant Professor

Chicago, IL

Dr. Mika Godzich

Martinez, CA

Marla Gold, MD

Infectious Disease/Internal Medicine

Dean, School of Public Health

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

Randy Goldberg, MD

Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

New York Medical College

Yonkers, NY

Ben Goldberg

New Haven, CT

Aaron Goldberg, MD/PhD candidate

Weill Cornell Medical College

New York, NY

Robert Golden, MD

Kidney Transplant

Urology

Sacred Heart Medical Center

Spokane, WA

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Kathie Golden, ND (Doctor of

Naturopathic Medicine)

Product Review Coordinator

Bastyr University

Marysville, WA

Paula Goldenberg, MD, MSW

Genetics Fellow

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Narberth, PA

Mindy Goldman, MD

Ob-Gyn

Clinical Professor

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Edward Goldson, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

University of Colorado Denver Health

Sciences Center

Denver, CO

Laurie Goldstein, MD

Ob-Gyn Attending

Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York

New York, NY

Alan Golichowski, MD PhD

Director of Maternal Fetal Medicine

Indiana University School of

Medicine

Indianapolis, IN

Heidrun Gollogly

Valhalla, NY

Wadi Gomero-Cure, MD

Surgery Resident

Washington Hospital Center

Washington, DC

Jaime Gomez, MD

Baylor University Medical Center

Dallas, TX

Jose Gonzalez

Chicago, IL

Francis Gonzalez, MD

Internal Medicine Hospitalist

Marietta, GA

Eric Goodman

Weill Cornell Medical College

New York, NY

Alyson Goodman, MD

Resident

Childrens Hospital Boston

Jamaica Plain, MA

Wendy Goodwin, MD

Fellow - Pediatric PM&R

Children's Medical Center Dallas

Dallas, TX

Marci Goolsby, MD

Family Medicine/Sports Medicine

Fellow

UCLA

Santa Monica, CA

Rhoda Gottfried, MD

Psychiatry

Fellow

Johns Hopkins

Baltimore, MD

Robert Gould, MD

Pathology

Associate Pathologist

Kaiser Permanente, San Jose, CA

San Francisco, CA

Nilufer Goyal, MD

Fresno, CA

Valerie Graham, MD

Retired

Charlotte Family Health Center

University of Vermont

Charlotte, VT

David Grande, MD, MPA

Philadelphia, PA

David Grant, MD

Internal Medicine, Hospice

San Antonio, TX

Joseph Gravel, MD

Family Medicine

North Reading, MA

Robynne M. Gravenhorst, PhD

Loyola University Stritch School of

Medicine

Chicago, IL

Megan Gray

UTHSCSA

San Antonio, TX

Alice Gray, MD

Duke University Medical Center

Durham, NC

Akiba Green, DO

OBGYN

Centinela Hospital Medical Center, St

Francis Medical Ctr

Inglewood, CA

Jonas Green, MD MPH

Internal Medicine

NRSA Health Services Research

Fellow

UCLA

Santa Monica, CA

Brandon Green, DO candidate

OSUCOM

Broken Arrow, OK

Maya Green, MD, MPH

Family Medicine

Jackson Memorial Hospital

Hialeah, FL

Eleanor Greene, MD, MPH

Ob Gyn

Triad Women's Center

High Point, NC

Amanda Greene, MD

Pediatrics

PGY3 Peds Resident

Children's Hospital Boston

Somerville, MA

William Greenhut, DO, MPH

Emergency Medicine

Resident Physician

Lehigh Valley Health Network

Bethlehem, PA

Charmaine Gregory, MD

Emergency Medicine

Clinical Faculty

St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor

Ypsilanti, MI

William Grella, MD

Internal Med/Pediatrics

Director Hospitalist Medicine

Saint Clares Dover and Denville,Saint

Joseph Wayne

New Suffolk, NY

Katherine Grichnik, MD

Professor of Anesthesia

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Duke University Medical Center

Chapel Hill, NC

Laurie Grisez, ND

Naturopathic physician

Blue Star Naturopathic Clinic

Bend, OR

Jackie Grosklos, MD

Cardiologist

Private Practice

Saint Louis, MO

Monica Gross, BA, MD

Pediatrician

Juneau, AK

Barbara Gross, ND

Alternative Medicine

Self-employed

Seattle, WA

Linda Gross, MD

Psychiatry (adult and child)

Beachwood, OH

Ellie Grossman, MD MPH

Internal Medicine

NYU School of Medicine

New York, NY

Margaret Grossman, MD

Family Practice

Solo Doctor in Office Practice

Arcata, CA

Hal Grotke, MD

Family Medicine

Family Physician

Redwood Family Practice

Samoa, CA

Robert Grundmeier, MD

Pediatrics

Attending Pediatrician

The Children's Hospital of

Philadelphia

Ambler, PA

Francisco Guerra

Univ. of IL at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana, IL

Chris Guest, PhD

University of Illinois

Urbana, IL

Nancy Guinn, MD

Family Medicine/Hospice

Albuquerque, NM

Carline Guirand, MD

Nephrologist

Kings County Hospital

Brooklyn, NY

Derek Guirand, MD

Surgery Resident

Evanston, IL

Anshu Guleria, MD

Urology

Vienna, VA

Jey Gunasegaram, MD,

FRCS/Urology Diplomat

Urology

Albuquerque, NM

Raj Gupta, MD

Internal medicine, pulmonary disease

Attending

Putnam Hospital center

Mahopac, NY

Pratima Gupta, MD

OB/Gyn

Arcadia, CA

Urmil Gupta, MD

Internal Medicine Attending

PHC

Somers, NY

Charu Gupta, MD

Physician

Emory

Atlanta, GA

Alisa Gutman, MD, PhD

Decatur, GA

Frances Haas, DO

Internal Medicine/HIV

Medicine

Assistant Professor

University of Oklahoma

Tulsa, OK

Amelia Haas, MD/PhD

candidate

Boston University School of

Medicine

Cambridge, MA

Matthew Haden, MD, MPH

Family Medicine

Attending Physician

Mayo Clinic Arizona

Phoenix, AZ

Shabnam Hafiz, MD/MPh

UC Davis Medicine/Harvard

School of Public Health

Boston, MA

Teresa Hagan, MD, PhD

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Marcia Haggerty, MD

Family Medicine Hospitalist

Yukon Kuskokwim Health

Corporation

Bethel, AK

Sandra Hah, MD

LAC-USC

Los Angeles, CA

Sallie Hahn, MD

ob/gyn

resident

Indiana University School of

Medicine

Indianapolis, IN

Wayne Hale, MD MS

Family Med/Geriatrics

Associate Professor

U. of NC School of Medicine,

Moses Cone Hospital

Greensboro, NC

Matthew Halfar

Englewood, CO

Jason Halperin, MPH

Portland, ME

Eileen Hammar, MD

Family Practice

Columbus, OH

Marcella Hammond

San Diego, CA

Magni Hamso, MD/MPH

Candidate

Columbia

New York, NY

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Andrea Hanaway, MD

Emergency Medicine

Attending Physician

Phoenixville Hospital

Wayne, PA

Lalitha Hansch, MD

Family Medicine

Private Practice

Bridgewater, NJ

Nancy Hardt, MD

Pathology

Senior Assoc. Dean, External

Affairs

University of Florida

Micanopy, FL

John Haresch, MD

Family Medicine

Solo Physician

Kitty Hawk, NC

Sara Hargarten

University of Washington

School of Medicine

Seattle, WA

Elizabeth Harmon, BS

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Darren Harper, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

Morehouse School of

Medicine

Atlanta, GA

Robert Harrington, MD

Infectious Diseases

Professor of Medicine

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Julian Harris, MD, MBA,

MSC

Intern

Brigham & Women's

Hospital

Jamaica Plain, MA

Audar Harris, MD

OB/GYN Resident

Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

Omar Hasan, MD

Internal Medicine

Chestnut Hill, MA

Dr. Ahad Hassan

Brooklyn, NY

Katie Hatsushi

Tulane University School of

Medicine

New Orleans, LA

John Hatzenbuehler, MD

Family Medicine

Faculty

Central Maine Medical

Center Family Medicine

Residency Program

Lewiston, ME

Lindsay Hatzenbuehler, MD,

MPH

Pediatrics Resident

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

J. Sonya Haw, MD

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

University of Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

Jeffery Hawkins, BS

Electrical Engineering

The Universtiy of Texas

Medical Branch

Galveston, TX

Abigail. Hawkins

Mount Sinai Medical School

New York, NY

Paula Hayes, MD

Washington, DC

Peter Heeger, MD

Professor, Division of

Nephrology

Mount Sinai School of

Medicine

New York, NY

Jeannette Heidlberg, MD

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Laurence Heifetz, MD

Medical Oncology

Medical Director

Tahoe Forest Cancer Center

Truckee, CA

Erica Heiman

University of California, San

Francisco

Berkeley, CA

Scott Helberg, MD

Internist

University of New Mexico

Hospital

Albuquerque, NM

Carla Hellekson, MD

Psychiatrist - self employed

Carla Hellekson MD, PLLC

Bellevue, WA

Melissa Helms, MD

Internal Medicine

Resident Physician PGY-3

Oregon Health and Sciences

University

Denver, CO

Daniel Henderson, MD

UCLA

Farmington, CT

Lauren Henderson, BA, MD

Bryn Mawr, PA

D. a. Henderson, MD

Professor of Public Health

University of Pittsburgh

Baltimore, MD

Matt Hendrickson, MD

Emergency Medicine

Partner and Practicing

Physician

St Agnes Medical Center

Santa Monica, CA

Mark Henin

VCU

Richmond, VA

Frances Herb, MD

Internal Medicine

Medical Staff, Director of

HIV Services

Lifelong Medical Care

Oakland, CA

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Michael Herce, MD, MPH

Brigham & Women's

Hospital

Boston, MA

Jodie Hermann, DO, MBA,

BS

Internal Medicine Resident

Baystate Medical Center

East Hampton, CT

David Herszenson, MD

Family Medicine

Physician

Montefiore Medical Center

New York, NY

Kathryn Herwig, MD

Pediatrician

Attending

Sweetgrass Pediatrics

Charleston, SC

Karl Hess, MD

Pediatrics

Retired

Beachwood, OH

Braden Hexom, MD

Emergency Medicine

Chief Resident

Mount Sinai Medical Center

New York, NY

Aliya Heyliger, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

Emory University

Decatur, GA

Howard Hiatt, MD

Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Cambridge, MA

Jennifer Hicks, MD

OB-Gyn

Director of Women's

Services

Mallpry Community Health

Center

Madison, MS

Joanne Hilden, MD

Pediatric Oncology, Pediatric

Palliative Medicine

Vice President of Medical

Affairs

Peyton Manning Children's

Hospital at St.Vincent

Westfield, IN

Marlyce Hill Ali, MD

Internal Medicine

Physician

Jewish Hospital and St

Mary's Healthcare

Louisville, KY

Clark Hinderleider, MD, PhD

Cardiothoracic

Surgery/Physiology

Clinician-Scientist

Consulting

Mill Valley, CA

Susan Hiniker

University of Michigan

Medical School

Ann Arbor, MI

Priscilla Hinman, MD

Contra Costa Regional

Medical Center

Oakland, CA

Eugene Hirsch, MD

Geriatrics

Retired

Pittsburgh, PA

Evan Hirsch, MD

Family Medicine

Olympia, WA

Alejandro Hoberman, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

University of Pittsburgh

School of Medicine

Wexford, PA

Bethany Hodges, MD

Pediatrics Resident

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Risa Hoffman, MD

Medicine/Infectious Diseases

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Aaron Hoffman, MPH

Philadelphia College of

Osteopathic Medicine

East Greenwich, RI

Michael Holliday, MD/PHD

candidate

Texas Tech University

Health Sciences Center

Lubbock, TX

Lainie Holman, MD

Staff Physician, Peditric

Rehabilitation

Cincinnati Children's

Yellow Springs, OH

Eric Holmboe, MD

Professor Adjunct

Yale University School of

Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Kharia Holmes, MD

Morehouse School of

Medicine

Smyrna, GA

Jennifer Holst, MD

Endocrinology

Clinical Assistant Professor

of Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Medical Center

Pittsburgh, PA

Patricia Holtz, MD

Pediatrics

Newtown Square, PA

Marisa Holubar, MD

Providence, RI

Charlie Homer, MD, MPH

CEO, Nat'l Initiative

Children's Healthcare Quality

Chestnut Hill, MA

Kyle Homertgen, DO

Family Medicine Resident

Eastern Maine Health

Systems

Orono, ME

Usha Honeyman, ND, DC

Private Practice

Corvallis, OR

Clemens Hong, MD/MPH

Instructor of Medicine

Massachusetts General

Hospital, Harvard Medical

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School

Brookline, MA

Elizabeth Horvath, DO

Emergency Medicine

Physician

Good Shepherd Hospital -ER

Barrington, IL

Syeda Hossain, MD

Attending

North Shore University

Hospital

Hicksville, NY

Ted Houle, MD

Danville, VT

Jean Houlihan, MD

Internal Medicine

Edward Hospital

Woodridge, IL

Jonathan House, MD

Psychiatry

Lecturer

College of Physicians and

Surgeons Columbia

University

New York, NY

Margaret Howard, DMD,

MPH

General Dentistry

Associate Professor

Tufts Dental School

South Easton, MA

Carolyn Howell, MD

Psychiatry

GWU

Washington, DC

Tim Howland, MD

Endocrinology

Johnson City, NY

Scott Hu, MD

Los Angeles, CA

John Huang, MD

Pediatrics Resident

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Jeff Huebner, MD

Family Medicine

Staff Physician

HealthPoint Community

Health Centers

Seattle, WA

Christopher Hughes, MD

Co-Director, Critical Care

Medicine

St. Clair Memorial Hospital

Canonsburg, PA

Christine Hung, MD

Neurology

New York, NY

Lawson Hunley

Cumberland Gap, TN

Charles Hunt, MD

Neurosurgery

Consultant

Hoboken, NJ

Alexandra Hunt, BS

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Stephen Huot, MD, PhD

Director, Primary Care

Internal Medicine Residency

Yale School of Medicine

Hamden, CT

Margaret Hurley, DO

Family Medicine

Woodstown, NJ

Karl Hurst-Wicker, MD, BA

Anesthesiology, Pain

Medicine

Fellow

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Kimberly Hutchison, MD

Neurologist

Vanderbilt University

Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Glenda Hutson, MD

Family Practice

Assistant Clinical Professor

University of Miami

Miami, FL

Lori Iaconis, MD

Pathology

New York, NY

Tyson Ikeda, MD

Clinical Frofessor of Family

Medicine

University of California, San

Diego

San Diego, CA

Saroja Ilangovan, MD

Retired

Strogers Cook County

Hospital

Southampton, PA

Saroja Ilangovan, MD

Retired

Strogers Cook County

Hospital

Southampton, PA

Annie Im, MD

University of Pittsburgh

Medical Center

Pittsburgh, PA

Timothy Imafidon, Doctor of

Dental Surgery

Pediatric Dentist

Howard University

Hyattsville, MD

Richard Imm, MD

Family Medicine

Chassell, MI

Zahid Imran, MBBS

Medical Director

Baton Rouge, LA

Dr. John Ingle

Albuquerque, NM

Frances Irvin, MD

Family Physician

Pittsburgh, PA

Nazanin Izadpanah, BS,

MHA

UC Davis School of

Medicine

Sacramento, CA

Megan Jackson, MD

Anesthesiology

Mayo Clinic

Jacksonville, FL

Jennifer Jackson, MD

Emergency Medicine

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Yale University

Boca Raton, FL

Rebecca Jackson, MD

Manchester, MA

Gregory Jackson, BS

George Washington

University

Arlington, VA

Courtney Jackson, ND

Primary Care

Pearl Natural Health

Portland, OR

Karen Jackson, MD

Family Practice

Senior Physician

The Permanente Medical

Group

San Carlos, CA

Carroll Jacobs, ND

Addictionology

Physician

Charleston, SC

Felipe Jain, MD

Psychiatry Resident

UCLA

Beverly Hills, CA

Rajeev Jain, MD

Gastroenterology

Dallas, TX

Mamta Jain, MD

Pediatrics

Attending Physician

San Joaquin General Hospital

Tracy, CA

Sharon Jamieson, MDCM

Family Practice

Palo Alto Medical

Foundation - Santa Cruz

office

Santa Cruz, CA

Nasser Janbay, MD

Santa Cruz, CA

Robert Jandl, MD

President

Williamstown Medical

Associates

Williamstown, MA

Mary Jansen

Mesa, AZ

Andrew Janssen, MD

Rural Family Physician

Blue Mountain Hospital

John Day, OR

Todd Jarrell

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Melanie Jay, MD

Internal Medicine

Assistant Professor and

Research Fellow

New York University School

of Medicine

Brooklyn, NY

Surani Jayaratna, BS

East Setauket, NY

Martin Jeffries , MD

Ob-Gyn

Silver Spring, MD

Jiyeon Jeon, MPH

Feinberg School of Medicine

Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

Carol Jessop, MD

Hospital Consultant

Alta Bates-Summit Medical

Center

Berkeley, CA

Dr. Xavier Jimenez

Brooklyn, NY

Decontee Jimmeh, MD

Neurology

Resident Physician

University of Alabama,

Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

Dr. Vikas Jindal

Bronx, NY

Gina Johnson, MD

Pediatrics

Northeast Valley Health

Corporation

Sherman Oaks, CA

Veda Johnson, MD

Assistant Professor

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Jennifer Johnson, MD

Internal Medicine, Infectious

Disease/HIV

Clinical Fellow

Brigham and Women's

Hospital

Jamaica Plain, MA

Danielle Johnson, MD

Psychiatry

Cincinnati, OH

Maryl Johnson, MD

Cardiovascular Medicine

Medical Director, Heart

Failure and Transplantation

University of Wisconsin

School of Medicine and

Public Health

Madison, WI

Heather Johnson, MD

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

University of Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

Dr. Mark Johnson

Seattle, WA

John Johnston, MD, MPH

Retired Pediatrician

Carolinas Medical Center

Charlotte, NC

Kohar Jones, MD

Family Medicine

Assistant Clinical Professor

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Judi Jones

Southwest College of

Naturopathic Medicine

Phoenix, AZ

Anthony Jones, MD

Family Practice/HIV

Staff Physician; Faculty

Contra Costa Regional

Medical Center

Martinez, CA

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David Jones, MBS

University of Pittsburgh

School of Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA

Paul Jones, MD, MAT

Child Psychiatry

Director of Pediatric Consult

Psychiatry

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Sydney R. Jones, MD

General and Vascular

Surgery

Presbyterian Hospital of

Dallas

Dallas, TX

Bobby Jones, DC

Blackbird Chiropractic

Portland, OR

Conan Jones

National College of Natural

medicine

Portland, OR

William Jordan, MD

Family Medicine

Preventive Medicine

Resident

Mount Sinai School of

Medicine

New York, NY

Brian Jordan, MD, PhD

Pediatrics/Internal Medicine

Resident Physician

University of Michigan

New York, NY

William Jordan, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist

Ingalls Hospital

Chicago, IL

Neil Jorgensen, MD

Family Medicine Clinic

Doctor

Ventura County Medical

Center

Ventura, CA

Dr. Zeena Joseph

Stafford, TX

Giliane Joseph, MD

Internal Medicine Hospitalist

Montefiore Medical Center

New York, NY

Karen Joynt, MD

Fellow in Cardiovascular

Medicine

Brigham and Women's

Hospital

Boston, MA

Joseph Jozic, MD

Cardiology

Assistant Clinical Professor

of Medicine

University Hospitals/Case

Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH

Nalini Juthani, MD

Accreditation Representative

at ACGME

Scarsdale, NY

Virendra Juthani, MD

Internal Medicine

Scarsdale, NY

Sarah Juul, MD

Psychiatry Resident

Physician

Emory University School of

Medicine

Decatur, GA

Konrad Kail, NMD

Southwest College of

Naturopathic Medicine

Phoenix, AZ

Sandeep Kakaria, MD

Ophthalmologist

Mechanicsburg, PA

Carla Kakutani, MD

Family Medicine

Sutter West Medical Group

Winters, CA

Lindsay Kaldor

Temple University SOM

Philadelphia, PA

Robin Kalish, MD

Chicago, IL

Sapna Kalsy, MD

Preventive Medicine

Winston Salem, NC

Sapna Kalsy, MD

Preventive Medicine

Winston Salem, NC

Anna Kaminski, MD MS

Associate Medical Director

Planned Parenthood Wa

Seattle, WA

Norifumi Kamo, MD/MPP

candidate

Harvard Medical School

Brookline, MA

Saman Kannangara, MD

Bethlehem, PA

Leonard Kapelovitz, MD

Psychiatry Private Practice

Denver, CO

Daniel Kaplan, MD

Assistant Professor of

Medicine

Duke University Medical

Center

Durham, NC

Heather Kaplan, MD, MsC

Assistant Professor of

Pediatrics

Cincinnati Children's

Hospital and Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

Marshall Kaplan, MD

Professor of Medicine

Tufts

Boston, MA

Lawrence Kaplan, MD

Professor of Medicine,

Primary Care Physician

Temple University School of

Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Sashil Kapur, MD

Family Medicine Chief

Resident

University of Illinois at

Chicago

Chicago, IL

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Sachin Kapur, MD

Neurology Co-Chief Resident

University of IL at Chicago

Chicago, IL

Craig Karls

National College of Natural

Medicine

Portland, OR

Michelle Karsten, MD

Family Medicine

Minneapolis, MN

Deborah Kasman, MD, MA

Woodinville Primary Care

Kenmore, WA

Samali Kasozilubega, BA

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Meredith Kato, MD

Surgery Research Fellow

Cornell University

New York, NY

Ken Katzman, MD

Family Medicine Central

Division Chief

Contra Costa County Health

Services

Oakland, CA

Joseph Kay, MD

Assistant Professor of

Medicine and Pediatrics

Adult Congenital Cardiology

Program Director

University of Colorado

Denver School of Medicine

Aurora, CO

Nancy Keating, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of

Medicine and Health Care

Policy

Harvard Medical School

Newton Center, MA

Megan Keenan

Albert Einstein College of

Medicine

Bronx, NY

Lataya Keene, MD

Anesthesiology

Sentara Hospitals

Virginia Beach, VA

Sabine Kelischek, MD

Ob-Gyn

Associate Residency Program

Director

Greenville Hospital System

Asheville, NC

Ann Kellams, MD

Medical Director, Newborn

Nursery

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

Arthur Kellermann, MD,

MPH

Emergency Medicine

Professor and Associate Dean

Emory School of Medicine

Atlanta, GA

Dylan Kellogg

SUNY Upstate

Syracuse, NY

Kim Kelly, MD

Family Medicine

Portland, OR

Maureen Kelly, MD

Internal Medicine Hospitalist

Parkview Hospital

Rye, CO

Karla Kelly

Seattle, WA

Sarah Kemble, MD

Internal Medicine and

Pediatrics

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Kip Kemple, MD

Legacy Medical System

Portland, OR

James Kenley, MDMPH

Preventive Medicine

Retired

Medical College of Virginia

of VCU

Port Haywood, VA

Leslie Kernisan, MD

Medicine/Geriatrics

San Francisco, CA

James Kesler, MD

Family Medicine

Fort Collins, CO

Ali Khan, MD, MPP

Harvard Kennedy

School/Medical College of

Virginia

Cambridge, MA

Abigail Khan, MD

Boston, MA

Atiya Khan, MD

Pediatrics

KEMC

Ellicott City, MD

Niraj Khandelwal, MD

UTSW JHSPH

Baltimore, MD

Sam Khandker, MD

Emergency Medicine

Resident Physician

Johns Hopkins

Baltimore, MD

Robert Khanlian, MD

Emergency Medicine

Attending Physician

Corrales, NM

Nayer Khazeni, MD, MS

Instructor, Pulmonary and

Critical Care Medicine

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Wael Khouli, MD

Internal Medicine

Hospitalist

HealthEast

Saint Paul, MN

Jin-yon Kim, MD

Clinical Instructor

Palo Alto, CA

Daniela Kim, MD

Internal Medicine Staff

Physician

Asian Health Services

San Francisco, CA

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Soyun Kim, MD

Emergency Medicine

Resident

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Jessie Kimbrough-Sugick,

MD, MPH

Internal Medicine and

Pediatrics

Brigham and Women's

Hospital

Brookline, MA

Elizabeth King, MD

Family Medicine

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Sharlene Kinney, MD

Family Medicine

Solo Rural physician

Berkshire Family Medicine,

PLLC

Berkshire, NY

Anna Kirby, MD

Resident

San Diego, CA

John Kirk, MD

Ob-Gyn

Physician Partner

Napa Valley Women's Health

Care

Napa, CA

Casey Kirkhart, DO

Family Medicine Chief

Resident

Harbor-UCLA Medical

Center

Culver City, CA

Duane Kirksey, MD, MSCE

Geriatrics Assistant Professor

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Therese Kirsch, MD

OB/Gyn

University of Illinois-

Chicago

Chicago, IL

Anne Kittendorf, MD

Family Medicine Assistant

Professor

University of Michigan

Dexter, MI

Patricia Klauer, DC

Mill Valley, CA

Benzi Kluger, MD

Neurology Assistant

Professor

University of Colorado

Denver, CO

Benzi Kluger, MD

Assistant Professor

University of Colorado

Denver, CO

Andrea Knittel

University of Michigan

Medical School

Ann Arbor, MI

Daniel Knox, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

Greenwich Hospital

Greenwich, CT

Lara Knudsen, MD, MPH

Family Medicine Resident

University of Wisconsin-

Madison

Madison, WI

Mike Knudson, MD, PhD

Pathologist

University of Iowa

Coralville, IA

Erica Koch, ND, EdM

Oncology

Naturopathic Doctor

CTCA

Philadelphia, PA

Deb Koehn, MD

Internal Medicine

Virginia Diabetes &

Endocrinology

Mechanicsville, VA

Kathryn Koelemay, MD,

MPH

Pediatrics & Adolescent

Medicine

Medical Epidemiologist

Public Health - Seattle &

King County

University of Washington

School of Public Health

Medina, WA

Wendy Kohatsu, MD

Family Medicine, Integrative

Medicine

Assistant Clinical Professor

UC San Francisco

Sebastopol, CA

Sharad Kohli, MD

Family Medicine

Emeryville, CA

David Kolva, MD

Family Medicine

Clinical Associate Professor

SUNY Upstate Medical

University

Syracuse, NY

Miriam Komaromy, MD

Internal Medicine and

Addiction Medicine

Medical Director

Albuquerque Health Care for

the Homeless

Albuquerque, NM

Jeff Komisarof, MD

Critical Care/Nephrology

Medical Director of ICU

Legacy Mount Hood Medical

Center

Portland, OR

Justin Kopa, BS/MA

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Dr. Kate Koplan

Brookline, MA

Anjum Koreishi, BSE, MSII

MD candidate

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

Katherine Krauskopf, MD

New York, NY

Michael Kraut, MD

Medical Director, Providence

Cancer Institute

Southfield, MI

Mandy Krauthamer, MD,

MPH

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Primary Care

Washington, DC

Scott Krugman, MD

Chairman, Department of

Pediatrics

Franklin Square Hospital

Center

Rosedale, MD

Martin Kubin

Medical College of

Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

Heidi Kulberg, MD

Family Medicine

Chesapeake, VA

Archana Kulkarni, MD

Family Practice

Medical Director

Westside Family Health

Center

Santa Monica, CA

Pawan Kumar, MD

Endocrinology

Clovis, NM

Tina Kumra, MD

Resident

IUPUI

Indianapolis, IN

Subbarao Kunchala, MD

Radilogy

Valatie Imaging P.C

Nassau, NY

Calvin Kuo, MD

San Francisco, CA

Heather Kurera, DO

Resident Psychiatrist

Naval Medical Center San

Diego

San Diego, CA

Devinda Kurera, MD

Emergency Medicine

Resident

Naval Medical Center San

Diego

San Diego, CA

Jacob Kurowski

Ohio State College of

Medicine

Columbus, OH

Maria Lacayo

Philadelphia, PA

Eve Ladwig-Scott

American Medical Student

Association

Oak Park, IL

Zahid Lalani, DDS, PhD

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

Spring, TX

Dr. Ashley Lamb

Somerville, MA

Karen Lamp, MD

Family Practice

Medical Director, Venice

Family Clinic

Culver City, CA

Jessie Landau, MHS, MD

Candidate

George Washington

University School of

Medicine

Washington, DC

Pamela Langenderfer,

Naturopathic Physician,

Acupuncturist

Coeur D Alene, ID

Curtis Langlotz, MD, PhD

Radiology

Moorestown, NJ

Jay Larkey, MD

Ob-Gyn

Chairman of Dept. &

Associate Professor

University of Wisconsin

Madison

Milwaukee, WI

Catherine Larned, MD

Psychiatrist

Cape Coral, FL

Lonna Larsh, MD

Holistic Family Doctor

Santa Cruz, CA

Sigrid Larson, MD

Family Medicine

Staff Physician, Nazareth

Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

Morana Lasic, MD

Anesthesiology

Wellesley, MA

Avanti Latthe, BS

UT Medical School at San

Antonio

Spring, TX

Alexander Lau

Keck School of Medicine at

USC

South Pasadena, CA

Vanessa Lauzon, MD

Family Medicine &

Psychiatry

Resident Physician

UC San Diego Medical

Center

San Diego, CA

arsha Lavoie, MD, MS

Family Medicine

Harrington Hospital

East Woodstock, CT

Huay-Zong Law

Washington University

Saint Louis, MO

Joycelyn Lawrence, MD

Family Medicine

Medical Director School

Health Initiative

University of Miami

Pompano Beach, FL

Robert Lawrence, MD

Professor of Environmental

Health Sciences

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg

School of Public Health

Baltimore, MD

Margaret Lawrence, MD

Retired

Pomona, NY

Jean Layton, ND

Naturopathic Physician

Natural Health Bellingham

Bellingham, WA

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Steven Le, MD

Internal Medicine

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Monica Lee, BA

Cornell

New York, NY

John M Lee, MD

Family Practice,

Dermatology, Geriatrics

Clinical Professor

CCRMC, UC Davis

Walnut Creek, CA

Jay Lee, MD, MPH

Family Medicine

Director, Health Policy

Long Beach Memorial

Family Medicine

Long Beach, CA

Patrick Lee, MD

Instructor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Jamaica Plain, MA

James Lee, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

Montefiore Med Ctr

Bronx, NY

Daniel Lee, MD

Family Practice Resident

CCRMC

El Cerrito, CA

Larissa Lee, MD

Radiation Oncology

Brigham and Women's

Hospital

Cambridge, MA

Aimee Lee, BS

Jefferson Medical College

Philadelphia, PA

Alison Lee

PCOM

Philadelphia, PA

Michelle Lee, MD-PhD

Pediatric Hematology-

Oncology

Clinical/Research Fellow

Dana Farber Cancer Institute,

Children's Hospital Boston

Jamaica Plain, MA

Christy Lee-Engel, MS, ND

Acupuncture

Private Practice, Adjunct

Faculty

One Sky Wellness Associates,

Bastyr University

Seattle, WA

Aviva Lee-Parritz, MD

Associate Professor and Vice

Chair Department of

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Boston University

Newton Highlands, MA

William Leeson, MD

Family Medicine

Santa Fe, NM

Toni Elizabeth Leggs, MD

Reseda, CA

Lally Lehmann, MD

Anesthesiology Resident

University of Tennessee

Medical Center

Knoxville, TN

Luisa Lehrer, MD

Anesthesiology

Cherry Hill, NJ

Deborah Leiner, MD

Piedmont Pediatrics Private

Practice

Greensboro, NC

James Lemons, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Indiana University School of

Medicine

Indianapolis, IN

Nilantha Lenora, MD

Attending

Hanover, MD

Lenard Lesser, MD

Family Medicine

Tufts University Family

Medicine

Allston, MA

Jeffrey Levin, MD, MSPH

Professor of Occupational

and Environmental Medicine

The University of Texas

Health Science Center at

Tyler

Tyler, TX

Gail Levine, MD

Internal Medicine

Brigham and Women's

Hospital

Jamaica Plain, MA

Joseph Levitt, MD

Pulmonary and Critical Care

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

John C. (Jack) Lewin , MD

Public Health Policy

CEO, American College of

Cardiology

Washington, DC

Arlene Lewis, MD

Gynecology

Owner/Physician/Student

George Washington

University

Fredericksburg, VA

Dr. Luella Toni Lewis

Brooklyn, NY

Karen Lewison, MD

UCSD

Portland, OR

Sai-woon Liang, MD

Pediatrics

UCSF, Asian Health Services

San Francisco, CA

Peter Liang

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Winston Liaw, MD

Family Medicine

Fairfax, VA

Daniel Licht, MD

Neurology, Pediatrics

Asst. Professor

The Children's Hospital of

Philadelphia

Wallingford, PA

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Brian Lichtenstein, MD

UCSD School of Medicine

La Jolla, CA

Erin Lichtmann, MD

Family Practice Resident

Northridge Hospital

Studio City, CA

Christopher Lillis, MD

Internist

Fredericksburg, VA

Grace Lim, BS

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Maria Isabel Limardo, MD,

PhD

Quality Assurance

Miami, FL

Caroline Lin, MD

Internal Medicine Physician

Pittsburgh, PA

Chris Lin, MD

Physical Medicine &

Rehabilitation

Spine & Musculoskeletal

Medicine

Cary Orthopaedics

Raleigh, NC

Justin Linam, MA

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Isabel Lind, MD

Family Medicine Faculty

Waco Family Medicine

Residency Program

Woodway, TX

Dr. Amanda Lindberg

Parrish, FL

Erica Linden, MD

Oncology

Medford, MA

Samantha Lindsay, MD

Family Medicine Resident

Univ. of South Alabama

Mobile, AL

Michael Lipkowitz, MD

Associate Professor, Division

of Nephrology

Mount Sinai School of

Medicine, NY

New York, NY

Tracy Lippard, MD

Internal Medicine and

Geriatric Medicine

Longmont, CO

Brandy Lipscomb, ND

Naturopathic Medicine

Medical Director

Sky River Natural Health

Center

Sultan, WA

Joshua Lipsman, MD, JD,

MPH

Preventive Medicine

Commissioner of Health

Westchester County

Department of Health

New York, NY

John Lipson, MD

Family Medicine Resident

Contra Costa Regional

Medical Center

Martinez, CA

Reaves Lisa, MD

Fellow, Pediatric

Hematology/Oncology/Bone

Marrow Transplant

Universitiy of Colorado, The

Children's Hospital, Denver

Denver, CO

Justin List, BA, MAR

Stritch School of Medicine,

Loyola University Chicago

Wheaton, IL

Markus Little, MD

Emergency Medicine

Resident

SUNY Downstate/Kings

County Hospital

New York, NY

Eleanor Littman, RN, MSN

Executive Director

Health Improvement

Partnership of Santa Cruz

County

Santa Cruz, CA

Katie Liu, BS

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Grace Liu, MD

Ophthalmology Resident

Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY

Jessica Lloyd, MD

Pediatrician

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Stephanie Locke, MD

Senior Attending

Anesthesiologist

Washington Hospital Center

Lanham, MD

Anna Loeb

UCSF

San Mateo, CA

Andrew Loehrer, BS

Loyola University Chicago

Stritch School of Medicine

Indianapolis, IN

Richard Loftus, MD

Internist - HIV

Private Practice Internist,

Primary Care

California Pacific Medical

Center

San Francisco, CA

Anna Loge, MD

Internal Medicine

Seattle, WA

Ronald Lonesome, MD

Psychiatry/Addiction

Medicine

Private Consultant

New York, NY

Margot Longenecker, ND

Wallingford, CT

Sarah Lopez, MD/MBA

Emergency Medicine

Resident

USC

Tustin, CA

Luis Lopez,

BS,MD,MPH,MS

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Public Health

Retired Professor and

Associate Dean

University of Puerto Rico

School of Public Health

Hollywood, FL

Charles Lostak, DO

Gastroenterology

Methodist Health System

Dallas, TX

Sahar Lotfi-Emran, BA

Richmond, VA

Margee Louisias, MD

Internal Medicine and

Pediatrics Resident

Mount Sinai Medical Center,

NY

New York, NY

Amanda Lovallo, MD, MPH

Emergency

Medicine/Pediatric

Emergency Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Medical Center

Pittsburgh, PA

Emily Lovallo, BA/BS/MD

Georgetown University

Washington, DC

Sarah Lovell

Albert Einstein College Of

Medicine

Bronx, NY

Vanessa Lowe, MD

Pediatrics

Rockville, MD

Denise Lowe, MD

Rockville, MD

Jenny Lu, MD, PhD

Nephrology

Physician

MGH

Boston, MA

Sean Lucan, MD, MPH

Family Medicine Clinical

Scholar

University of Pennsylvania

Narberth, PA

Kathleen Lucas, MD

Lucas Pediatrics

Greensboro, NC

Jonathan Ludmir

Philadelphia, PA

Robert Luedecke, MD

Anesthesiologist

San Antonio, TX

Alexander Luger, MD

University of Minnesota

Medical School

Minneapolis, MN

Maria Lui, MD

Redondo Beach, CA

Marisol Luna-Pizano, MD,

MPH

Family Medicine

Tarzana, CA

Kelli Lund, MS, MD

University of Utah School of

Medicine

Vermont Children's Hospital

Salt Lake City, UT

Kristin Lusian, DO

DMU College of Osteopathic

Medicine

Duluth, MN

Eyong John Ly, MD

Medicine/Pediatrics Resident

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Richard Lynch, MD

Professor Emeritus Of

Pathology and Immunology

University of Iowa

Solon, IA

Melissa Lynch, MD

Emergency

California Emergency

Physicians

San Jose, CA

Anita Lyons

U Penn

Philadelphia, PA

Camilla Lyons, MD, MPH

Child Psychiatry Resident

White Plains, NY

Daveena Ma, MD

Internal Medicine

Asian Health Services

Oakland, CA

Serena Ma, ND, MS

Naturopathy, Acupuncture

Naturopathic Physician

New York, NY

Eric Mabo, MD

Miami, FL

Torey Mack, MD

Pediatrics Resident Physician

Children's National Medical

Center

Washington, DC

E. Mack, MD

Pediatric Critical Care

Cincinnati, OH

Andrea Mack

Neffs, PA

Melanie Maclennan, MD

MFA MPH

Asheville, NC

Leonid Magidenko, MD

Internal Medicine

Health Smart Medical Center

Huntingdon Valley, PA

Anish Mahajan, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine

RWJ Clinical Scholar

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Padma Mahant, MD

Director, Movement

Disorders Clinic

Banner Good Samaritan

Medical Center

Phoenix, AZ

Sidharth Mahapatra,

MD/PhD

Pediatrics Resident

Stanford University

Chicago, IL

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Janelle Mahdi-Trammell,

MD

Internal Medicine

Post-Doctoral Research

Fellow

Emory University School of

Medicine

Atlanta, GA

Eugene Mahon, MD

Faculty, Columbia College of

Physicians and Surgeons

Columbia Psychoanalytic

center

New York, NY

Jane Mahoney, MD

Geriatrics, Medical Director

Care Wisconsin

Oregon, WI

Linda Maki, MD

Family Practice

Urgent Care Physician

Palo Alto Medical

Foundation

Menlo Park, CA

Michael Malik, MD

Emergency Medicine

Long Beach, CA

Raphael Malikian, BSc(Hons)

University College London

Medical School

Palmdale, CA

Jennifer Mallek, MD

USC

Los Angeles, CA

Veronica Mallett, MD

Professor and Chair of

Obstetrics and Gynecology

University of Tennessee

Helath Scieicne Center

Germantown, TN

Catharine Malmsten, MD

Cardiology Fellow

Milwaukee, WI

Ashley Maltz, MD, MPH

Internal and Preventive

Medicine Resident

UTMB - Galveston

Galveston, TX

Rishi Manchanda, MD MPH

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics,

Primary Care

Director of Social Medicine

and Health Equity

St. John's Well Child and

Family Centers

Los Angeles, CA

Deepa Mangalat, MD

Cardiology Fellow

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Aroop Mangalik, M D

Professor

UNM School of Medicine

Albuquerque, NM

Mona Mangat, MD

Allergy/Immunology,

Internal Medicine, Pediatrics

Private Practice Physician

Bay Area Allergy & Asthma

Saint Petersburg, FL

Jonathan Manheim, MD

Internal Medicine, Hospitalist

Assistant Professor of

Medicine Director - High

Street Hospitalist Service

University of Colorado

Health Sciences Center, The

Colorado Health Foundation

Denver, CO

Jack Mann, MD

Pediatrics

Maine Medical Center

Portland, ME

Bilal Manna

Maine Medical Center

Orefield, PA

Sheryl Manning, MD

Child and Adolescent

Psychiatry

Randallstown, MD

Marc Manseau, MPH

Columbia College of

Physicians and Surgeons

New York, NY

Maas Mara, MD

Pediatrics Attending

Physician

Advocate Hope Children's

Hospital

Oak Park, IL

Daniel Marrero, BS

University of Connecticut

School of Medicine

South Windsor, CT

Christine Marrese

Harrisburg, PA

Albert Martin, MD

Senior Fellow

UCSF

Mill Valley, CA

Gail Martin, MD

Clinton, MS

Lindsay Martin, BS

University of Illinois at

Chicago

Chicago, IL

Nyree Martin

Philadelphia, PA

Diana Martins-Welch, MD

Resident

Hasbro Children's Hospital

Huntington, NY

Anthony Masi, MD

Pulmonary Medicine

Saint Louis, MO

Viraj Master, MD PhD

Urology

Attending Surgeon

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Rachel Mather

Morehouse School of

Medicine

Atlanta, GA

Christopher Matson, DO, MS

Family Medicine Chief

Resident

Mercy Family Medicine

Residency Program

West Des Moines, IA

Kameron Matthews, MD,

Esq

Family Medicine Resident

Physician

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University of Illinois at

Chicago

Chicago, IL

Meredith Maxwell, MD

Family Practice Resident

Physician

University of South Alabama

Mobile, AL

Charles Mayer, MD MPH

Family Medicine Faculty

Harborview Medical Center,

Group Health

Seattle, WA

Paula Mayer, MD

Assistant Professor,

Emergency Medicine

University of Colorado

School of Medicine

Black Hawk, CO

Kathleen Mayor-Lynn, MD

Ob-Gyn

Fellow in Maternal-Fetal

Medicine

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

Shawnay Mazell, BA

Morehouse School of

Medicine

Atlanta, GA

Brenda Mcclain, MD

Anesthesiology

Associate Professor

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Colin McCluney, BA

University of Washington

School of Medicine

Seattle, WA

Kristine Mccoy, MD, MPH

Family Medicine

Associate Medical Director

El Centro Family Health

Los Alamos, NM

Chris Mccoy, MD

Policy Committee Chair,

National Physicians Alliance

Rochester, MN

D. Scott Mccracken, MD

Drexel University College of

Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Henry Mccurtis

New York, NY

Michelle Mcdonald, MD

candidate

UTHSCSA School of

Medicine

San Antonio, TX

C Mcdonald, MD

Family Practice Physician

Monroe, NC

Lauren Mcdowell-Jacobs,

MD FACS

General Surgery

Knox Community Hospital

North Lewisburg, OH

Kate Mcelwain, BS, EMT

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Padi Mcfadden, MD

Emergency Medicine

Resident

Yale New Haven Hospital

Meriden, CT

Terri Mcfadden, MD

Pediatrics

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Caroline Mcfadden, MD

Allergy/Immunology

Cambridge, MA

Ann Mcgaffey, MD

Family Practice Faculty

UPMC St. Margaret Family

Medicine Residency

UPMC St. Margaret Hospital,

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Julea Mcghee, MD

Psychiatrist

Harvard

Boston, MA

Amy Mcintyre, MPH

Brown University

Cranston, RI

Charles Mckee, MD

Family Practice

Appleton, WI

Lynn Mckinley-Grant, MD

Dermatology

Associate Clinical Professor

of Dermatology Academic

Georgetown University

Hospital

Chevy Chase, MD

Gail Mclave, MD

Internist

Solo Practice

Bandon, OR

Kimbely Mcmanaway,

Naturopathic Doctorate

National College of Natural

Medicine, Portland, OR

Portland, OR

Eunice McMurray

Cambridge, MA

Lydia Mcneary, MD

Physical Medicine and

Rehabilitation

Attending

William Beaumont Hospital

Royal Oak, MI

Gary Mcphail, MD

Assistant Professor of

Pediatric Pulmonology

Cincinnati Children's

Hospital

Cincinnati, OH

Maria Mead, MD

Medical Director

Santa Cruz Women's Health

Clinic

Santa Cruz, CA

Rhianna Meadows, DO

Family Practice Resident

Central Maine Medical

Centerq

Portland, ME

Ashley Meagher, BS

University of Utah School of

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Medicine

Salt Lake City, UT

Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine

Associate Director of

Medical Education

Benson-Henry Institute for

Mind/Body Medicine

Massachusetts General

Hospital

Jamaica Plain, MA

Vishal Mehta, BS

New York College of

Osteopathic Medicine

Westbury, NY

Arvind Mehta, MD

Internist

Private Practice

Long Beach, CA

Diane Meier, MD

Internal Medicine; Geriatrics;

Palliative Medicine

Professor, Department of

Medicine

Mount Sinai School of

Medicine

New York, NY

Kirsten Meisinger, MD

Family Medicine

Medical Director Union

Square Family Health Center

Cambridge Health Alliance

Somerville, MA

Marc Melser, MD

Urology

Fawcett Memorial

Somerville, MA

Michael Mendoza, MD,

MPH

Clinical Assistant Professor

of Family Medicine

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Jason Mendoza, MD, MPH

Pediatrics

Assistant Professor of

Pediatrics

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Austine Mengnjo, MD

MSSM/Jersey City Medical

Center

Bayonne, NJ

John Mengshol, MD

Gastroenterology Fellow

University of Colorado

Denver, CO

Shekhar Menon, MD

Emergency Medicine

Resident

Cook County Hospital

Chicago, IL

Farhan Merali, BSc

Harvard Medical School

Cambridge, MA

Linnea Meyer, MD

Family Medicine

Cambridge, MA

Jacob Meyer, MD

Family Medicine

Martinez, CA

Thomas Meyer, MD,

FRCP(E)

Retired

Madison, WI

Robert Meyers, MD

Internal Medicine

New York, NY

Julie Meyers, MD

Pediatrics

UMass Medical School

Pawtucket, RI

Mohammad Mian, MD, MPH

PhD

Augusta, GA

Jill Midthune, MD

Psychiatrist

Sheppard Pratt Hospital

System

Baltimore, MD

Dr. Elron Mighty

Flushing, NY

Ted Mihok, DPM

Alameda, CA

Dr. Susan Milam Miller

Santa Rosa, CA

Caroline Miles, MD

Kaiser Permanente-CO

Lafayette, CO

Annette Miles, MD, MPH

Maternal Fetal Medicine

Atlanta, GA

Cathie Miller, PhD

Cancer Biology

Senior Staff Scientist

Henry Ford Health System

Saint Clair Shores, MI

Ronna Miller, MD

Dallas, TX

Maureen Miller

Mount Sinai School of

Medicine

New York, NY

Susan Miller, MD

Family Medicine

Virginia Commonwealth

University Health System

Richmond, VA

Amy Miller

Philadelphia College of

Osteopathic Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Barry Miller Md, MD

Child Psychiatry

Attending Physician

Contra Costa Regional

Medical Center

Crockett, CA

Thomas Mills, MD, MPH

Clinical Associate Professor

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Tiffany Milner, MD

Med-Peds Resident

University of Utah Hospitals

Salt Lake City, UT

Chris Min, MD PhD

Assistant Professor

Columbia University

New York, NY

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Sandra Minchow-Proffitt,

MD

Mercy Family Medicine

Saint Louis, MO

John Minna, MD

Medical Oncology

Professor

Dallas, TX

Zenobia Miro, MD

Internal Medicine Private

Practice

Hollywood, FL

Rebecca Mitchell

University of California-San

Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Dr. Sheila Mitsuma

Boston, MA

Brita Mittal, BS

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Payal Modi

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Dr. Yavar Moghimi

Washington, DC

Kathleen Mogul, MD

Newton, MA

Aishat Mohammed

University of Pennsylvania

School of Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Sirisha Mohan

Brooklyn, NY

Carmen Mohan, MD

Clinical Fellow in Medicine

Harvard Medical School,

Cambridge Health Alliance

Cambridge, MA

Alexandra Molnar, MD

Attending Physician

International Medicine Clinic,

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Michele Montandon, MD

Oakland, CA

Carlos Monteagudo, MD,

MPH

Chicago, IL

Monica Montoya, BS, ND

Preventive medicine

Silver City, NM

Gordon Moore, MD

Seattle, WA

Tarrek Moqattash, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

Westchester Medical Center

Yonkers, NY

Aimee Morales

Las Vegas, NV

Laura Morales, PA-C

UNM

Albuquerque, NM

Jamie Morano, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine,

Epidemiology

Hospitalist

Shady Grove Adventist

Hospital

Chevy Chase, MD

Raveendra Morchi, MD

Assistant Professor of

Emergency Medicine

Harbor UCLA Medical

Center, LA, CA

Dana Point, CA

Elizabeth Morgan, MS

Ben Gurion University MSIH

Sharon, MA

Bakari Morgan, MD

Pediatrics and Adolescent

Medicine, PA

Alpharetta, GA

Joan Morgenthau, MD

Emeritus Professor of

Pediatrics and Professional

Lecturer

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine

Stamford, CT

Dan Morhaim, MD

Internal and Emergency

Medicine

Maryland State Legislator

Faculty, Johns Hopkins

School of Public Health

Owings Mills, MD

Mary Morrison, MD, MS

Psychiatry, Internal Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Wynnewood, PA

Paul Morrow, MD

Forensic Pathology

National Forensic Path

Services

Shelburne, VT

Julia Mortlock, LAc

National College of Natural

Medicine

Portland, OR

Joann Moschella, DO

Family Practice

Clinic Physician, Professor of

Medicine

Santa Cruz, CA

Haley Moss

American Medical Student

Association

Philadelphia, PA

Lawson Moyer, MD

Private Practice

New York Presbyterian

New York, NY

Raja Mudad, MD, FACP

Associate Director, Memorial

Cancer Institute

Hollywood, FL

Anthony Mueller, BA

University of Washington

Medical School

Seattle, WA

Josh Mugele

University of Michigan

Chelsea, MI

Robert Mulcahy, MD

Internal Medicine

Willoughby, OH

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Jean Mulcare, MD candidate

Albert Einstein College of

Medicine

New York, NY

Matthew Mundy, MD

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

University of Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

Chemtai Mungo, BA

University of California San

Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Jennifer Muniak

SUNY Upstate Medical

University

Syracuse, NY

Jamie Murphy, MD

Assistant Professor, Director

of Obstetric Anesthesia

Johns Hopkins University

Hospital

Forest Hill, MD

Janet Murphy, MD

Fellow

MGH/Dana Farber

Arlington, MA

Barbara Murphy, MD

Chief, Division of

Nephrology

Mount Sinai School of

Medicine, NY

New York, NY

Dan Murphy

Bronx, NY

Mary Murphy, MD

Pediatrics

Strongsville, OH

Linda Murray, BA, MA

Michigan State University

CHM

East Lansing, MI

Pamela Murray, MD, MHP

Adolescent Medicine

Associate Professor of

Pediatrics

University of Pittsburgh

School of Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA

Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA

Internal Medicine Attending

Physician

Brigham and Women's

Hospital

Brookline, MA

Rashmi Murthy, MD

Family Practice President

Synergie Medical Group

Miami, FL

Hallegere Murthy, MD

President

Hall Murthy.M.D.P.A.

Miami, FL

Omar Mushfiq, MD

Nephrology

Medical Staff

Athens Regional Medical

Center

Athens, GA

Mumtaz Mustapha, MD

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Ralph Myers, MD,PhD

Harvest Pediatrics

Saint Helena, CA

Eric Nace

Philadelphia, PA

Santosh Nadipuram, MS, MD

Pediatrics Resident

Miami Children's Hospital

Miami, FL

Kashefa Nagamiea

GWU

Washington, DC

Kavita Nair, MD

Hospitalist

HealthPartners Medical

Group

Saint Paul, MN

Shweta Namjoshi, MD, MPH

Alhambra, CA

Patrick Nance, MD

Staff

The Permanente Medical

Group

Belvedere Tiburon, CA

Jane Nani, MD

Fertility Centers of Illinois

Glenview, IL

Anand Narayan

Baltimore, MD

Shoba Narayan, MD

Fellow

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Anand Narayan, MHS

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

Scott Nass, MPA

American Medical Student

Association

Los Angeles, CA

Scott Nass, MPA

Los Angeles, CA

Scott Nass, MPA

Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Arif Nathoo

New York, NY

George Naumburg, MD

Retired

North Salem, NY

Edjah Nduom, MD

Neurosurgery Resident

Emory University Hospital

Atlanta, GA

Alejandro Necochea, MD,

MPH

Internal Medicine

Preventive Medicine

Resident

Johns Hopkins School of

Public Health

Baltimore, MD

Eunice Neeley

San Francisco, CA

Katherine Neely, MD,

FAAFP

Family Medicine Program

Director

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West Penn Allegheny Health

System

Monroeville, PA

Anthony Nehs, ND student

NCNM

Portland, OR

Elizabeth Nelsen, MD

Pediatrics

Chief Resident

SUNY Upstate Medical

University

Liverpool, NY

Brett Nelson, MD, MPH

Pediatrician, Global Health

Fellow

Massachusetts General

Hospital, Harvard Medical

School

Charlestown, MA

Bergen Nelson, MD

Pediatrics Fellow

UCLA

Santa Monica, CA

Kim Neroda, BA, MA

Emory SOM

Atlanta, GA

Richard Neubauer, MD

Internal Medicine

Board of Regents, American

College of Physicians

Anchorage, AK

J. Paul Newell, BA, MD,

CCFP (Can)

Family Medicine, Public

Health

Retired

Cartersville, GA

Barbara Newman, MD, MPH

Family Practice, Emergency

Medicine

Mercy Community Hospital,

Merced, CA

San Francisco, CA

Lynell Newmarch, MD, PhD

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Courtenay Newton

Bastyr University

Seattle, WA

Paul Nghiem, MD, PhD

Associate Professor in

Dermatology

University of Washington,

Fred Hutchinson Cancer

Research Center

Seattle, WA

Gilda Ngo

Cypress, CA

Donald Nguyen, MD

Medical Director/Chief of

Pediatric Urology

Dayton Children's Medical

Center

Dayton, OH

Alexander Nguyen

UCSF

San Jose, CA

May Nguyen, MD

Family Medicine Resident

BMC

Cambridge, MA

H.T. Nguyen

Nashville, TN

Will Nicholson, MD

Family Medicine

St. John's Hospital

Saint Paul, MN

Jaclyn Niederstadt, MD

San Antonio, TX

J michael Niehoff, MD

Family Medicine

Franklin Square Hospital

Forest Hill, MD

John Nienow, MD

Infectious Diseases

San Francisco, CA

Setareh Noori

Des Moines, IA

Andrew Norden, MD

Neurology

Associate Neurologist

Brigham and Women's

Hospital

Boston, MA

Alison Norris, MD, PhD

Epidemiologist

Johns Hopkins School of

Public Health

Fairfax, VA

Nolan Noska, ND

National College of Natural

Medicine

Portland, OR

Geoffrey Nosker, MD

Anesthesiology Resident

Caritas St. Elizabeth's

Medical Center

Brighton, MA

Natasha Novikov

Cornell University

New York, NY

Juleigh Nowinski

American Medical Student

Association

Chicago, IL

Julie Nusbaum, BA

Mount Sinai

New York, NY

Rhoda Nussbaum, MD

Ob-Gyn

International Women's

Health

Prevention International No

Cervical Cancer

Arnold, CA

Michelle O'brien, MD

Family Medicine Clinical

Instructor

Boston University Medical

Center

Roslindale, MA

Ryan O'Connor, MD

Emergency Medicine

Good Samaritan Hospital

Los Angeles, CA

Kitty O'hare, MD

Instructor in Medicine and

Pediatrics

Harvard Medical School

Stoughton, MA

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Daniel O'neil

Albert Einstein College of

Medicine

Bronx, NY

Maura O'neil, MD

University of Kansas Medical

Center

Mission, KS

Nathan Oehrlein, BBA

UTHSC-San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

Shannon Offerman, MD

Resident

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

Eneh Okoruwa, MD

Chief, Mercy Hospital

Peds/Ob-Gyn Dept

Alegent Health Clinics

Council Bluffs, IA

Christine Oliver, MD, MPH,

MS

Occupational/Environmental

Medicine

Associate Physician,

Associate Clinical Professor

of Medicine

Massachusetts General

Hospital/Harvard Medical

School

Brookline, MA

Neva Oliver, FNP

Nurse Practitioner

Curry Health Center

Missoula, MT

Chris Olson, MD, MPH

Seattle, WA

Maren Olson, MD, MPH

Staff Pediatrician

Children's Hospitals and

Clinics of Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN

Peter Olufemi, MD

Saint Petersburg, FL

Stephen Ondra, MD

Professor of Neurological

Surgery

Northwestern University

Wilmette, IL

Cletus Oppong, MD Program

Morehouse School of

Medicine

Atlanta, GA

Helena Orbach

Urbana, IL

Maria Ordonez, MD

Pediatrics

Attending Physician

Children's Hospital San

Diegp

San Diego, CA

Zachary Ortiz, MsEd, MD,

MPH

American Medical Student

Association

Phoenix, AZ

Alberto J Ortiz-Rios, MD

Family Medicine Resident

Jackson Memorial Hospital

Miami

Miami, FL

Dr. Obosa Osawe

Galloway, OH

Amalia Oster

NCNM

Portland, OR

Chrissie Ott, MD

Internal Medicine / Pediatrics

CEO, Nanopractice PDX

Portland, OR

Ryan Otten, MD

Occupational Medicine

Saint Paul, MN

M. Alicia Overstreet Galeano

Durham, NC

Medge Owen, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology

Wake Forest University

Winston Salem, NC

Yvette Owens, Doctor of

Medicine

Emergency Medicine

Physician

Howard University Hospital,

Washington Adventist

Hospital

Silver Spring, MD

Ryan Padrez

University of Califronia, San

Francisco (UCSF)

San Francisco, CA

Cameron Page, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

Physician

Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY

John Page, MD

Emergency Medicine

Attending Physician

Goshen Medical Center,

Faison, NC

Durham, NC

Meera Pahuja, MD

Cornell

New York, NY

Amit Pahwa, MD

Internal Medicine-Pediatrics

Resident

Indiana University School of

Medicine

Indianapolis, IN

Robert Paine

West Virginia School of

Osteopathic Medicine

Caldwell, WV

Akilesh Palanisamy, MD

Clinical Instructor

UC-San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Sean Palfrey, MD

Pediatrics Attending

Physician

Boston Medical Center

Cambridge, MA

Heena Panchal

Sacramento, CA

Jeffrey Panzer, MD

Family Medicine Resident

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

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Pamela Pappas, MD

Psychiatry, Classical

Homeopathy

Private Practice; Teaching

American Medical College of

Homeopathy

Scottsdale, AZ

Jack Paradise, MD

Professor Emeritus of

Pediatrics

University of Pittsburgh

School of Medicine

Pittsburgh, PA

Kevin Pare, MEd

Southwest College of

Naturopathic Medicine

Tempe, AZ

Ami Parekh

New Haven, CT

Hetu Parekh, MD

Pediatrics

Greenpoint Pediatric Center

Sunnyside, NY

Young Park

Bronx, NY

Howard Parness, MD

Internal Medicine

Richardson, TX

John Parr, BA

Medical College of

Wisconsin

Milwaukee, WI

Kathleen Parr, MD

Cardiac Anesthesiologist

Union Memorial Hospital

Ellicott City, MD

Adair Parr, MD, JD

Assistant Professor in Child

Psychiatry

Children's National Medical

Center

Washington, DC

Karin Parramore, MSOM

National College of Natural

Medicine

Portland, OR

Kelly Pascual

Ponce School of Medicine

Fort Myers, FL

Roger Pasinski, MD

Internal Medicine and

Pediatrics

Nahant, MA

Amy Pasternack, BA

Harvard

Somerville, MA

Arun Patel, MD, JD

Pediatrics

Attorney

San Francisco, CA

Minal Patel, MD

Pediatrics

Atlanta, GA

Neel Patel, MD

Pediatrics

Medical Director, Fair Oaks

Children's Clinic

Redwood City, CA

Ramesh Patel, MD FACR

Professor of Radiology

Univ Of Mississippi Medical

Center

Jackson, MS

Silpa Patel, BA

Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

Bina Patel, MD, MPH

Family Medicine Attending

Physician

La Clinica de la Raza

San Francisco, CA

Priti Patel, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

St. Joseph's Hospital

Phoenix, AZ

Amit Patel, MD

Cardiology Attending

Physician

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Laura Patel, MD

Internal Medicine, Geriatric

Fellow

University of North Carolina

Durham, NC

Stephen Pauker, MD

Cardiology, Clinical Decision

Making, Health Policy

Professor

Tufts Medical Center

Boston, MA

Reuben Paul

Medical Student

Yorba Linda, CA

Jerome Paulson, MD

Associate Professor of

Pediatrics & Public Health

George Washington

University

Alexandria, VA

Lauren Payne

Morehouse School of

Medicine

Ellenwood, GA

Deborah Payne, MD, MPH

Psychiatry

Family Preservation Services,

Inc

Durham, NC

Christopher Peabody, MD,

MPH

University of California, San

Francisco

Harvard School of Public

Health

Boston, MA

Ronald Pearl, MD, PhD

Anesthesiology and Critical

Care

Chair, Department of

Anesthesia

Stanford University

Palo Alto, CA

Rusha Pearson, MD

Resident

Oakland Children's Hospital

Oakland, CA

David Pepper, MD

Family Medicine Associate

Professor

UCSF, UCD

Berkeley, CA

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Rocio Pereira, MD

Internal Medicine/

Endocrinology

Assistant Professor of

Medicine

Denver Health/UCD

Denver, CO

Kamalakar Peri, MD

Director, Pediatric

Hematology/Oncology

Children's Hospital of NJ

Newark, NJ

Shanti Marie Perkins, MD

General Internal Medicine

Ravenswood Family Health

Center

Los Altos, CA

Allen Perkins, MD

Family Medicine

Professor and Chair

University of South Alabama

Mobile, AL

Nicholas Perkins, DO

LMU-DCOM

Clinton, TN

Jeremy Perlman, MD

Pediatrics

Los Angeles, CA

Janet Perlman, MD,MPH

Berkeley, CA

Chris Pernell, MD

Piscataway, NJ

James Perrin, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Director, Division of General

Pediatrics and the Center for

Child and Adolescent Health

Policy

Massachusetts General

Hospital for Children,

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Georges Peter, MD

Professor Emeritus of

Pediatrics

Brown University

Brookline, MA

Darrick Peters

Des Moines University COM

Des Moines, IA

Tom Petersen, BSE

Duke University

Durham, NC

Bruce Petersen, DO

Internal Medicine Private

Practice

Petersen Clinic, Oak Hill,

WV

Fayetteville, WV

Josh Pevnick, MD, MSHS

Los Angeles, CA

Rebecca Pfaff

Meharry Medical College

Joyce, WA

Branden Pfefferkorn, MD

Family Medicine Resident

Madison, WI

Matthew Pflaum, MPH

San Juan Bautista Medical

School

Caguas, PR

Elizabeth Phillips, MD

Case Western Reserve

University School of

Medicine

Cleveland, OH

Robert Phillips, MD MSPH

Director

Fairfax, VA

Bethany Picker, MD

Family Medicine

Medical Director, Central

Maine Family Medicine

Residency

Central Maine Medical

Center

(affilliated with University of

New England and Boston

University)

Lewiston, ME

Danielle Pier

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Alexandra Pierre, DO

Internal Medicine Hospitalist

Good Sam hospital

Bay Shore, NY

Richard Pierson, MD

IM, Nuc Med

Director, Nutrition Research

Center

St. Luke's, Columbia

University

Englewood, NJ

Victoria Pillard, MEd, MD

Pediatrician

Amherst, MA

Jennifer Pimentel

Ross University

Moscow, ID

Elke Pinn, MD

Staff Anesthesiologist

Central Vermont Hospital

Underhill Center, VT

Frances Pisano, MD

Community Pediatrician

Oak Ridge Pediatric Clinic,

PC

Oak Ridge, TN

Philip Pizzo, MD

Pediatrics,

Hematology/Oncology,

Infectious Diseases

Professor and Dean

Stanford University School

of Medicine

Stanford, CA

Gregory Plemmons, MD

Assistant Professor of

Pediatrics

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

Lisa Plymate, MD

Internal Medicine/Geriatrics

Yakima Valley Farm

Workers Clinic

Seattle, WA

Shelene Poetker

Atlanta, GA

Emily Poff

University of Utah School of

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Medicine

Salt Lake City, UT

Jessica Poisson, MD

Pathology Resident

UNC Hospitals

Durham, NC

Harold Pollack, PhD

Chicago, IL

Nira Pollock, MD,PhD

Infectious Diseases

Beth Israel Deaconess

Medical Center

Brookline, MA

Jeanette Ponce, MD

Family Practice

Moonlighter/Hospitalist

IPC The Hospitalist

Company

Oakland, CA

Perry Pong, MD

Internal Medicine

Chief Medical Officer

Charles B Wang Community

Health Center

New York, NY

Angela Poppe Ries, MD

Hospitalist

Upper Chesapeake Medical

Ctr

Havre De Grace, MD

William Porfilio, MD

Ophthalmology

Alamance Eye Center

Burlington, NC

Lynne Portnoy, MD, MPH

Preventive/Internal Medicine

San Francisco, CA

Lynne Portnoy, MD, MPH

Preventive/Internal Medicine

San Francisco, CA

Ernest Post, MD

Pediatric Endocrinology

Associate Professor

UMDNJ Robert Wood

Johnson Med Sch at Camden

Cherry Hill, NJ

Thena Poteat, MD, JD

Assistant Clinical Professor

of Psychiatry

University of Illinois Medical

School, Peoria Campus

Peoria, IL

Andrew Potler, DO

Internal Medicine

Great Barrington, MA

Beth Potter, MD

Family Medicine

Associate Professor

University of Wisconsin

Madison, WI

James Powell, MD

Pediatrics

Clinical Staff; Administration;

Adjunct Professor

Permanente NW Inc; Oregon

Health Sciences University

Portland, OR

Joshua Powell, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

North Shore-LIJ

West Palm Beach, FL

Sanjiv Prabhu, MD

Pathology Resident

University of Illinois at

Chicago

Lincolnwood, IL

Beth Prairie, MD, MPH

Preventive Medicine

Assistant Professor of Ob-

Gyn

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Leonie Prao, MD

University of Maryland

School of Medicne

Baltimore, MD

Kia Pratt-Mccoy, MD

Attending Physician

Jackson Memorial Hospital

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Georgia Prescott, MD

Primary Care Pediatrics

Children's Hospital of The

King's Daughters

Williamsburg, VA

Elizabeth Prezio, MD

Endocrinology

Dallas, TX

Katharine Price, MD

Medical Oncology, Internal

Medicine

New York, NY

Maura Price, MD

Pediatrics

Saco, ME

Lisa Price, MD

Geriatrics/ Internal Medicine

Clinician, Medical Director,

Assistant Professor

Geriatric Medical Associates

University of Colorado

Denver

Denver, CO

Catherine Prince, DO

candidate, PhD, MPH

Philadelphia College of

Osteopathic Medicine

Havertown, PA

Liz Prince, DO

Touro College of Osteopathic

Medicine

New York, NY

Anthony Prince, MD

Resident Physician

Mount Sinai School of

Medicine

New York, NY

Linda Prine, MD

Family Medicine

Medical Director,

Reproductive Health Access

Project (RHAP)

New York, NY

Raphael Pristoop, MD

Attending

King's County Hospital

Center

Brooklyn, NY

Deborah Proctor, MD

Professor of Medicine

Yale University

New Haven, CT

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Anne Procyk, ND

Mystic, CT

Al Puerini, MD

Family Medicine

President, RI Primary Care

Physician Corp.

Cranston, RI

Donald Pulver, MD

AAIR

Pittsford, NY

Manohar Punja, M D

Oregon Clinic

Fairview, OR

Varsha Puri, DO

Pediatrics Attending

Physician

Friends of Children Clinic

Los Angeles, CA

Benjamin Putnam, BS in

Biochemistry

Brody School of Medicine

Greenville, NC

Chantal Pyram, MD

Anesthesiology Resident

University of Miami -

Jackson Memorial Hospital

Miami Beach, FL

Thomas Quattlebaum

University of Virginia School

of Medicine

Charlottesville, VA

Emily Queenan, MD

Family Medicine

Rochester, NY

Martha Quiroga, BS

UT Health Science Center

San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

Elisabeth Raab, MD

Neonatology

Los Angeles, CA

Thea Rabb

National College of Natural

Medicine

Portland, OR

Richard Rabkin, MD

New York, NY

Stephen Raffanti, MD MPH

Internal Medicine / Infectious

Diseases

Associate Professor of

Medicine/CMO

Vabderbilt

University/Comprehensive

Care Center

Brentwood, TN

Moira Rafferty, MD

Internal Medicine

Private practice

Lynchburg, VA

Saira Rahman, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

of Pediatrics

UTMB

Houston, TX

Dr. Pradeep Rai

Atlanta, GA

Lauren Raimer-Goodman,

MD

Pediatrics

Houston, TX

Carol Rainville, ND

Salem, MA

Aparna Raj, MS, MD

candidate

Indiana University School of

Medicine

Indianapolis, IN

Dayal Raja, MD

Endocrinology/Oncology

Medical College of Georgia

Augusta, GA

Lakshmy Rajagopalan, MD

JD

Neonatology

Co-NICU Clinical Director

Houston Northwest Medical

Center

Houston, TX

Harith Rajagopalan, MD,

PhD

Cardiology Fellow

Brigham and Women's

Hospital

Cambridge, MA

Rahul Rajkumar, MD, JD

Internal Medicine

Brigham and Women's

Hospital

Brookline, MA

Veena Raju

Drexel University College of

Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Krishna Ramaswamy

Los Angeles, CA

Toni Ramirez, BA

Warren Alpert Medical

School of Brown Univeristy

Providence, RI

Tushar Ranchod, MD

Vitreoretinal Surgery Fellow

Beaumont Hospital

Royal Oak, MI

Ruvdeep Randhawa, MD

Pediatric Endocrinologist

Kaiser Riverside Medical

Center

Royal Oak, MI

Shilpa Rao, MD

Infectious Disease Fellow

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

Sandhya Rao, MD

Internist

Brigham and Womens

Hospital

Jamaica Plain, MA

Amy Rapp

University of Texas Health

Science Center at San

Antonio

San Antonio, TX

Robert Ratner, MD, MPH

Public Health

El Cerrito, CA

Risha Raven, MD

Family Practice

Faculty, KSB Hospital

University of Illinois Family

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Practice Residency

Polo, IL

Sheila Ravendhran, MD,

MPH

Pediatrics Resident

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, MD

Jayalakshmi Ravindran

UCSF School of Medicine

Sunnyvale, CA

Damian Ray

Fort Collins, CO

Suzan Rayner, MD, MPH

Physical Medicine and

Rehabilitation

Executive VP/Medical

Director and Department

Chair

Schwab Rehabilitation

Hospital/Sinai Health System

Chicago, IL

Abdul Rab Razzak, MD

Internal Medicine

Hospitalist

Los Angeles, CA

Mannan Razzak, MD

Pediatric Emergency

Physician

Chilton Memorial

Clifton, NJ

Peter Reagan, MD

Medical Director

Portland Family Practice

Portland, OR

James Recht, MD

Psychiatry Staff Physician

Cambridge Health Alliance

Cambridge, MA

Evita Recio, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

UMDNJ-NJMS

Bayonne, NJ

George Record, MD

General Surgery

Morgantown, WV

Vanessa Redditt

Harvard Medical School

Cambridge, MA

Geetha Reddy, MD

Boston, MA

Jeffrey Redinger, BA

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Irwin Redlener, MD

Pediatrics

(a) Professor of Public Health;

(b) President

(a) Columbia University

Mailman School of Public

Health; (b) Children's Health

Fund

New York, NY

Neil Redlener, MD

Psychiatry

Medical Director, Behavioral

Health

Mass General Hospital,

Brandeis U

New York, NY

Michael Redlener, MD

Emergency Medicine

Resident

Bellevue Hospital NYU

Medical Center

New York, NY

David Reed, DO

Surgeon

Doctor's Hospital - Columbus

Ohio

Dayton, OH

Anna Reed, MD

Pediatrician

Baltimore, MD

Ellen Rees, MD

Psychiatry and

Psychoanalysis

Clinical Associate Professor

Weill Cornell Medical

College

New York, NY

Erin Reeve, BS

University of Rochester

School of Medicine and

Dentistry

Rochester, NY

Cynthia Reichman, MD

Moorestown, NJ

Ann Reichsman, MD

Medical Director

Neighborhood Family

Practice

Cleveland, OH

Janet Reilly, MD

Internal Medicine

Barrington, IL

Raquel Reyes, MD, MPA

Medicine-Pediatrics

MGH

Boston, MA

Jenese Reynolds, MD

Family Medicine

Chicago, IL

Andrew Rhim, MD

Gastroenterology Fellow

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Karin Rhodes, MD MS

Director, Division of

Emergency Care Policy

Research

Department of Emergency

Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Kyla Rice, MD

Family Practice and

Obstetrics Resident

UC Davis

Sacramento, CA

Rafael Richards, MD, MS

Anesthesiology Attending

Physician

Johns Hopkins

Philadelphia, PA

Adam Richards, MD MPH

Internal Medicine

Robert Wood Johnson

Clinical Scholar (Fellow)

UCLA Department of

General Internal Medicine

Los Angeles, CA

Diana Rickard, MD

Pediatrics Fellow

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UCLA

Santa Monica, CA

David Rider, MD

Family Medicine

Waco, TX

Genevieve Riebe, BS

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Andrew Rife, ND, MEd

North Tacoma Family Health

Tacoma, WA

Elena Rios, MD, MSPH

Internal Medicine

President & CEO

National Hispanic Medical

Association

Washington, DC

Gary Rivard, DO

Family Medicine Staff

Physician

Stephens Memorial Hospital

Turner, ME

Jeremy Robbins

UMass Medical School

Worcester, MA

Tory Robbins, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, NY

Vicki Roberts, MD

Family Physician

Solo Private Practice

Family Medicine of SE

Missouri

Sikeston, MO

Victoria Roberts, MD

Internal Medicine

Private Practice

Miami, FL

James Roberts, MD

Cardiology

Director, Prevention

Charlotte Cardiology

Associates

Charlotte, NC

Sidney Robin, MD

Family Medicine

Austin, TX

Christina Robinson, MD

Pediatrics Resident

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Cheryl Robinson, MD

Family Medicine Private

Practice

Primed

Dayton, OH

Reginald Robinson, MD

Partner, Cardiology

Associates, P.C.

Washington, DC

William Robinson, MD

Emergency Medicine

Chief Medical Offiicer,

Bozeman Deaconess Hospital

Bozeman, MT

Donald Robinson, MD

Retired

Burlington, VT

Susan Robinson, MD

Paso Robles, CA

Zia Robles Hernandez, ND

Naturopathic Doctor

American Association of

Naturopathic Medicine

Santa Fe, NM

Elizabeth Rocco, MD

Arlington, MA

Nancy Rodgers-Neame, MD

Neurology/Epilepsy

Director, Florida

Comprehensive Epilepsy

Tampa, FL

Henry Rodriguez, MD

Pediatric Endocrinology

Associate Professor of

Pediatrics

Indiana University School of

Medicine

Riley Hospital for Children

Carmel, IN

Dr. Taiyun Roe

Martinez, CA

Marisa Rogers, MD

Internal Medicine

Medical Director, Spectrum

Health Services

Cheltenham, PA

Adrianne Rogers, MD

Emeritus Professor of

Pathology and Laboratory

Medicine

Boston University School of

Medicine

Winchester, MA

Angela Rogers, MD, MPH

Pulmonary and Critical Care

Brigham and Women's

Hospital

Brookline, MA

Veronica Rojas, BS

Stony Brook University

School of medicine

Massapequa, NY

Haleh Rokni, MD

Psychiatrist

MIT

Somerville, MA

Patrick Romano, MD, MPH

Professor of Medicine and

Pediatrics

UC Davis School of

Medicine

Sacramento, CA

Giuseppina Romano-Clarke,

MD

Pediatrics

Dorchester House

Multiservice Center

Arlington, MA

Cecilia Romo, MD

Family Medicine Resident

Sutter Sacramento

Sacramento, CA

Dr. Robert Roose

Bronx, NY

Dr. Matthew Roosevelt

Internal Medicine

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UCSF

Oakland, CA

Nitin Roper

UConn Medical School

West Hartford, CT

Jessica Rosales, BS

Biochemistry

University of Texas Health

Science Center at San

Antonio

San Antonio, TX

Sheldon Rose, MD

Family Practice Resident

Ohio State University

Brookfield, IL

Beverly Roseberry, MD

Rutland, VT

Bradley Rosen

MSUCOM

Southgate, MI

Brad Rosen, MD, MBA

Hospitalist/Internal Medicine

Medical Director, ISP

Hospitalist Service

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles, CA

Alan Rosenberg, MD

Rheumatology

Private Practice, Professor

Emeritus

U. of Colorado Health

sciences Center

Denver, CO

Shoshana Rosenberg, MD,

MBA

Pediatrics Private Practice

New York, NY

Barry Rosenbloom, MD

Oncology/Hematology

Managing Partner

Tower Hematology Oncology

Medical Group

Beverly Hills, CA

Benjamin Rosenfeld

Ohio State University

Columbus, OH

Sara Rosenquist, PhD

Clinical Psychology

Chapel Hill, NC

Sara Rosenquist, PhD

Chapel Hill, NC

David Rosenthal, MD

Internal Medicine

Sausalito, CA

Jessica Rosenthal, BA

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

Patti Rosquist, MD

Longmont, CO

Joseph Ross, MD, MHS

Primary Care Internal

Medicine

Assistant Professor

Mount Sinai School of

Medicine

New York, NY

Emily Rothman, DO

Family Practice Attending

Albuquerque, NM

Erica Rotondo, DO

Family Medicine Resident

John C Lincoln

Phoenix, AZ

Karis Rower

NCNM

Portland, OR

Ina Roy-Faderman, MD, PhD

Belmont, CA

Geoffrery Ruben, MD,

MMM

Pediatrics/Emergency

Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor

of Emergency Medicine

West Virginia University

School of Medicine

Washington, PA

Kathryn Ruddy, MD MPH

Oncology Fellow

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

Ami Rughani, BS

Biochemistry

University of Kansas School

of Medicine

Kansas City, KS

Elena Ruiz-Rios, MD

Pediatric Hospitalist

Miller Children's Hospital

Long Beach, CA

Stefani Russo, MD

Internal Medicine

Attending Physician

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Stephen Rust, MD, FACP,

CMD

Internal Medicine, Geriatrics,

Palliative Medicine

Director Palliative Care

Providence Alaska Medical

Center

Anchorage, AK

Arjun Rustagi

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Mark Ryan, MD

Family Medicine

Richmond, VA

Sabina Sabharwal, MD

Fellow

Massachusetts General

Hospital

Boston, MA

Peter Sadow, MD, PhD

Pathologist

Massachusetts General

Hospital/Harvard Medical

School

Jamaica Plain, MA

Susan Saferstein, MD

Family Practice

Physician manager, Georgia

Health Center

Fairfax, VT

Howard Saft, MD

Santa Monica, CA

Kelley Saia, MD

Assistant Professor of Ob-

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Gyn

Boston University

Somerville, MA

Lawrence Saidman, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology

Stanford University

Alameda, CA

Robert Sakulanda, MD

Cook County- Provident

Hospital

Chicago, IL

Sheldon Salins, dMD

Orthodontics

San Francisco, CA

Elizabeth Salisbury, MD

Family Medicine

IAFP Resident President-

Elect

Chicago, IL

Andrew Saltzman, MD

Orthopaedics

Evansville, IN

Mario San Bartolome, MD,

MBA

Family Medicine

Ventana Health Clinic

Arroyo Grande, CA

Carrie Sanan, MD

Ob-Gyn Resident Physician

University of Cincinnati

Cincinnati, OH

Lilibeth Sanchez-Geswaldo,

DO

General Surgery

Albuquerque, NM

Renata Sanders, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine /Peds/Adol

Assistant Professor

Baltimore, MD

Justin Sanders, MD

Resident

Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY

Deepa Sannidhi, MD

UMDNJ - NJMS

Piscataway, NJ

Calie Santana, MD

Bronx, NY

Lisa Santer, MD, PhD

Pediatric Emergency

Medicine, Retired

Philadelphia, PA

Bianca Santomasso, MD/PhD

Weill Cornell Medical

College

New York, NY

Saida Sanusi, MD

Pediatrics

Bowie, MD

Akkaraju Sarma, MD

Internal Medicine

Mesa, AZ

Nicole Saur

Bismarck, ND

Ellen Sauter, naturopathic

doctorate

National College of Natural

Medicine, Portland, OR

Tualatin, OR

Charu Sawhney, DO

Internal Medicine-General

Preventive Medicine

Resident

UTMB

Galveston, TX

Gregory Sawicki, MD MPH

Children's Hospital Boston

Cambridge, MA

Carolyn Sax, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor

of Pediatrics

Harvard Medical School

Brookline, MA

Joseph Schachter, MD, PhD

New York, NY

Libby Schaefer, MD

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Resident

Brigham and Women's

Hospital

Santa Rosa, CA

Laura Schafer, MA, MD

Psychiatry, Child/Adol.

Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis

Attending Physician

Brigham and Women's

Hospital

Princeton, NJ

Katherine Schafer, MD

Internal Medicine

Charlottesville, VA

William Schairer

University of California at

San Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Andrew Schechtman, MD

Family Medicine Faculty

San Jose - O'Connor Hospital

Family Medicine Residency

San Jose, CA

Katherine Scheirman, MD,

MHA

Internal Medicine, Medical

Management

Former Air Force Physician

Executive, Retired

Oklahoma City, OK

Marc Schenker, MD, MPH

Professor of Preventive and

Internal Medicine

University of California at

Davis

Davis, CA

Anthony Schlaff, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine, Preventive

Medicine

Director, MPH Program

Tufts University School of

Medicine

Brookline, MA

Shira Schlesinger

San Diego, CA

Ryan Schmidt, BA/MS

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Sarah Schmitt, MD

Neurology Clinical Instructor

Hospital of the University of

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

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Julie Schneider

Richmond, VA

Jeffrey Schnipper, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine, Hospital

Medicine

Director of Clinical Research,

BWH Academic Hospitalist

Service

Brigham and Women's

Hospital

Sharon, MA

Dan Schnobrich, MD

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Resident

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Erica Schockett, MD

Internal Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Dana Schonberg, MD

Family Medicine Resident

Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY

Justin Schreiber, DO

Touro University Nevada

Henderson, NV

Linda Schroth, MD

FP

Cobalt, CT

Ivonne Schulman, MD

Assistant Professor of

Medicine

University of Miami

Miami Beach, FL

Caleb Schultz, MD

Rochester, MN

Ashley Schulze, BA

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Nat Schuster

University of Michigan

Medical School

Ann Arbor, MI

Mindy Alyce Md Schwartz,

MD

Associate Professor of

Medicine

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Denise Schweda, MD

Physician in 2-physician

small group practice

Family Practice of Scottsdale

Scottsdale, AZ

Jason Schweitzer

umass

Jamaica Plain, MA

Julia Scialla, MD

Post Doctoral Fellow

Division of Nephrology

Johns Hopkins University

Elkridge, MD

Patricia Scott, BA, ND

Primary Care

Vashon, WA

Charles Scott, MD

Pediatrics

Burlington, NC

Stephen Seabron, MD

Internal Medicine

Washington, DC

Dr. Sonya Seccurro

New York, NY

Robert Sedlacek, MD

Family Medicine Resident

Rush Copley Family

Medicine Residency

Aurora, IL

Robert Sege, MD PhD

Pediatrics

Chief of Outpatient Pediatrics

Boston Medical Center

Brookline, MA

Vinita Sehgal, MD

Nephrology/Transplantation

Assistant Professor

Mt. Sinai Medical Center

New York, NY

Ramona Seidel, MD

Family Medicine

Physician Owner, Bay

Crossing Family Medicine

Arnold, MD

Dominika Seidman

Harvard Medical School

Boston, MA

Jeffrey Seitelman, MD, PHD

Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry,

Psychoanalysis

Assistant Clinical Professor

(Vol)

UC Irvine Med Center

Long Beach, CA

Kathryn Seitz, MD

Family Medicine Clinical

Faculty

Exempla St. Joseph Family

Medicine Residency

Denver, CO

Luke Selby

New York Medical College

Valhalla, NY

Sara Selig, MD

Brigham and Women's

Hospital

Jamaica Plain, MA

Stuart Selkin, MD, JD

Otolaryngology

Melville, NY

Gary Seto, MD

Family Medicine

South Pasadena, CA

Sally Severino, MD

Professor Emeritus of

Psychiatry

University of New Mexico

Medical School

Rio Rancho, NM

Laurel Shader, MD

Chair of Pediatrics

Fair Haven Community

Health Center

Orange, CT

Babar Shafiq, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Silver Spring, MD

Minesh Shah, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine Chief

Resident

Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY

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Sural Shah, BA

Penn State College of

Medicine

Bensalem, PA

Sachin Shah

Edison, NJ

Reesha Shah, MD (c), MPH

(c)

University of Alabama at

Birmingham

Birmingham, AL

Modaser Shah, MD

Psychiatrist

Ozark Center

Joplin, MO

Sural Shah, BA

Penn State College of

Medicine

Bensalem, PA

Gurinder Shahi, MD, PhD,

MPH

Research Director

Center for the Study of

Emerging Markets, Cal State

University (Fullerton)

Montrose, CA

Janet Shalwitz, MD

Pediatrics/ Adolescent

Medicine

Senior Advisor, Adolescent

Health Working Group

Phoenix, AZ

Ryan Shanahan, MD

Emergency Medicine

Resident Physician

John's Hopkins Hospital

Alexandria, VA

Nagarakere Shankaraiah, MD

Pediatrics Private Practice

Lake Worth, FL

Iman Sharif, MD, MPH

Marcus Hook, PA

Manisha Sharma, MD

St. George's University

School of Medicine

Brooklyn, NY

Shashi Sharma, MBBS

Pediatrics

Leawood, KS

Melissa Shaull, MD

Family Medicine Staff

Physician

Family Health Centers of

Baltimore

Severna Park, MD

Lisa Shaver, ND, LAc

Naturopathic and Chinese

Medicine

Physician

Everyday Wellness Clinic

Portland, OR

Heather Shaw, MD

Assistant Professor of

Internal Medicine, Medical

Oncology

Duke University

Durham, NC

Tanveer Sheikh, MD

Boca Raton, FL

Aikiesha Shelby, MD

Psychiatry Resident

Physician

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

Jia Shen, MD

Saint Louis

University/Harvard

University

Boston, MA

Stephen Sherick, MD

Emergency Medicine

Vice Chair, American

Medical Association

Residents and Fellows

Section

OHSU Emergency Medicine

Portland, OR

Devin Sherman, MD

Pulmonary and Critical Care

Fellow

Washington University

Saint Louis, MO

Scott Sherr, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

Baltimore, MD

Geoffrey Sherwood, MD

Chief of Hematology and

Oncology

Faulkner Hospital

Jamaica Plain, MA

Seth Shifrin, MD

Internal Medicine Physician

Charles Cole Hospital

Coudersport, PA

Stephen Shih, MD

Pediatrician

Kaiser Permanente

South Pasadena, CA

Noaa Shimoni, MD

Ridgewood, NJ

Michael Shino, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Aliyah Shivji

Boston, MA

Michelle Sia, DO

Attending Physician

Department of Obstetrics and

Gynecology

Boston University

Chelsea, MA

Lydia Siegel, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine

Brigham and Women's

Hospital

Jamaica Plain, MA

Jenny Silberger, MD

Internal Medicine

Portland, OR

Rebecca Sills

UMass Medical School

Worcester, MA

Manel Silva, MD, MPH

Adolescent Medicine Fellow

Mount Sinai Medical Center

Brooklyn, NY

Jean Silver-Isenstadt, MD,

PhD

Laurel, MD

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Ari Silver-Isenstadt, MD

Pediatrics

Laurel, MD

Gabriel Silverman, MS

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA

Alison Silvis, BA

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Jeffrey Simmons, MD

Assistant Professor of

Pediatrics

Cincinnati Children's

Hospital Medical Center

Cincinnati, OH

Kim Simpson, MD

Cleveland, OH

Maureen Sims, MD

Neonatology

Professor of Pediatrics

UCLA

La Canada Flintridge, CA

Heidi Sinclair, MD

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

Assistant Professor

LSUHSC

Baton Rouge, LA

Elyse Singer, MD

Professor, UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Ellen Singer, MD

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

NW Permanente

Portland, OR

Felecia Singh, DO

Philadelphia College of

Osteopathic Medicine

Phoenixville, PA

Heramb Singh, MD

Interventional Radiologist

Laredo and El Paso Hospitals

El Paso, TX

Vineeta Singh

Rockville, MD

Baldeep Singh, MD

Associate Clinical Professor

of Internal Medicine

UCLA

Santa Monica, CA

Sarita Singh, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

Summit, NJ

Parminder Singh, MD

Family Medical Center

Palm Coast, FL

Dr. Parminder Singh

White Plains, NY

Trudy Singzon, MD MPH

Family Medicine Research

Fellow

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Voltaire Sinigayan, MD

David Geffen School of

Medicine at UCLA

Charles Drew University of

Medicine and Science

Los Angeles, CA

Dawd Siraj, MD, MPH&TM

Assistant Professor

East Carolina University

Winterville, NC

Gautam Siram, MD

Orthopaedic Surgery

Washington, DC

Anusha Sirithara, MD

Internal Medicine

Solo Practice

Phoenix, MD

Ira John Sites Iii, MD

Ob-Gyn Resident

University of Florida

Neptune Beach, FL

Julia Skapik, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine Resident

University of Pittsburgh

Medical Center

Pittsburgh, PA

Gregory Skochko, DO, MS

Family Medicine Resident

Physician

U.S. Air Force

Suisun City, CA

Jonathan Slaughter, MD

Neonatal Fellow-Pediatrician

Cincinnati Children's

Hospital

Cincinnati, OH

Judah Slavkovsky, BS

Harvard Medical School

Sisters, OR

Sonya Sloan, MD

Orthopedics

Ochsner Health System

Baton Rouge, LA

Chloe Slocum, BA, Public

Health Studies

Columbia University College

of Physicians & Surgeons

New York, NY

Doug Smith, MA, DO

candidate

Philadelphia College of

Osteopathic Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Alexander Smith, MD, MS,

MPH

Assistant Professor of

Medicine

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Erik Smith, MD

Plymouth Meeting, PA

Jeffrey Smith, MD

Department of Medicine

(Neurology)

Griffin Hospital, Derby, CT

Hamden, CT

Danielle Smith

Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

Stephen Smith, MD

Emergency Physician

Corpus Christi Medical

Center

Corpus Christi, TX

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Susan Smith, MD

Gynecology

Burlington, VT

Sarah Smith

San Antonio, TX

Crystal Smith-Spangler, MD

Internal Medicine

Stanford University

Mountain View, CA

Patricia Sneed, MD

Professor

University of California San

Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Alison Snyder-Warwick, MD

Surgery

Saint Louis, MO

Robert Soderstrom, MD

Dermatology

Flint, MI

Lauge Sokol-Hessner, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

University of Pennsylvania

Health System

Philadelphia, PA

Lauge Sokol-Hessner, MD

General Internal Medicine

Resident Physician

University of Pennsylvania

Health System

Philadelphia, PA

Steven Solis, MD

Texas Tech University

Health Science Center School

of Medicine

Amarillo, TX

Steven Solomon, PhD

Clinical Psychology

Co-Founder & Co-Director,

The Relationship Institute

La Jolla, CA

Julie Solomon, MD

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Fiona Somers

Mount Sinai

New York, NY

Daniel Son, MD

Psychiatry Resident

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

Lee Sonis, BS

PCOM

Plymouth Meeting, PA

April Sorrell, MD

Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Alexander Soukas, MD, PhD

Instructor

Massachusetts General

Hospital

Boston, MA

Tonya Southard, MD

Family Medicine Resident

Santa Rosa Family Medicine

Residency Program

Santa Rosa, CA

Frank Speizer, MD

Staff Physician

Brigham & Women's

Hospital

Boston, MA

Peggy Spencer, MD

Family Practice Staff

Physician

University of New Mexico

Student Health and

Counseling

Albuquerque, NM

Adam Spivak, MD

Infectious Diseases Fellow

Johns Hopkins

Baltimore, MD

John Spratt, MD, MA, BA

Medical University of South

Carolina

Charleston, SC

Eli Sprecher

Mount Sinai School of

Medicine

New York, NY

Brenda Spriggs, MD, MPH,

MBA

Rheumatology/Int.Med.

Clinical Professor Emeritus

University of California San

Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Haruhuani Spruce, MD

Family Medicine

Ben Archer Medical Center,

Sierra Vista Hospital

Truth Or Consequences, NM

Patricia Spurlock, BA

Teacher

Trenton, NJ

Archana Sridhar, MD

Harvard Medical School

Brookline, MA

Sanjeev Sriram, MD, MPH

Pediatrics

Health Policy Fellow

Commonwealth Fund,

Harvard School of Public

Health

Boston, MA

Christine Staats, MD

Family Medicine

Winooski Family Health

Burlington, VT

Margaret Stafford, MD

Family Medicine Clinical

Instructor

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Kristen Starbuck

American Medical Student

Association

Farmington, CT

Sidney Starkman, MD

Professor

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Margaret Steele, NMD

Southwest College OF

Naturopathic Medicine

Mesa, AZ

Laurie Steelsmith, BA, BS,

MS, ND

Naturopathic doctor and

acupuncturist

Honolulu, HI

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Tera Stefanek, ND

National College of Natural

Medicine

Portland, OR

Lorraine Stehn, DO

Family Medicine

Aransas Pass, TX

Rachel Stein

Boston, MA

Tara Stein, MD

Family Medicine

Fellow in Family Planning

Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY

Julie Stein, MD, MS

Pediatrics Resident

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Richard Stein, MD

Nephrology

Professor of Medicine

Mount Sinai School of

Medicine, NY

New York, NY

Benjamin Steinberg, MD

Emergency Medicine

Jacobi Medical Center

Bronx, NY

William Steinsmith, MD

Internist

San Francisco, CA

Jennifer Stella

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Joseph Stenger, MD

Family Medicine

Oakham, MA

Michael Stentz

Ann Arbor, MI

Amber Stephens, MD

Family Medicine

Private Practice Attending

Morton Plant Mease Primary

Care

Largo, FL

Jon Steuernagle, MD

Internal Medicine

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, MN

Elizabeth Stier, MD

Associate Professor of

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Boston University

Boston, MA

Melissa Stiles, MD

Family

Medicine/Geriatrics/Palliativ

e Care

Professor of Family Medicine

University of Wisconsin-

Madison

Madison, WI

Adia Stokes

Morehouse School of

Medicine

Atlanta, GA

Hanni Stoklosa, BA

American Medical Student

Association

Arlington, MA

Gregory Stoute, DMD, MPH

Associate Professor

Boston University Medical

Center

Boston, MA

Phillip Stover, MD

Family Practice

Medical Director Free Clinic

Franklin County Volunteers

in Medicine

Louisburg, NC

Laura Strom, MD

Assistant Professor of

Neurology

University of Colorado @

Denver & Health Sciences

Center

Denver, CO

Michelle Strongfields, MD

Professor

Philadelphia, PA

Alison Stuebe, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC

Bonnie Stump, MD

Ob-Gyn, Environmental

Medicine

University of Texas Health

Science Center at Tyler

Georgetown, TX

Nancy Sudak, MD

Duluth, MN

Carolyn Sufrin, MD, MA

Ob-Gyn Clinical Instructor

Universtity of California, San

Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Dr. Elizabeth Suiter

Washington, DC

Javeed Sukhera, MD

Psychiatry

Resident

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

Dustin Sulak, DO

Family Medicine Resident

Manchester, ME

Mohammad Suleman, MD

Surgeon

Ochsner @Kenner Medical

Center

Kenner, LA

Daniel Summers, MD

Pediatrics, Adolescent

Medicine

Private practitioner

MaineGeneral Medical

Center

Hallowell, ME

Sarmela Sunder, MD

Palo Alto, CA

Sarmela Sunder, MD

Cleveland, OH

Willis Sutliff, MD

Rapid City, SD

Shelby Sutton, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

UT Health Science Center

San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

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Fumi Suzuki, MPH-MD

Family Practice

Clinic Physician

Asian Health Services

Berkeley, CA

Laura Svetkey, MD

Professor of Medicine

Duke University Medical

Center

Chapel Hill, NC

Scott Swanson, BS, MD

Internal Medicine

Associate Physician,

Diplomate

UC Berkeley University

Health Services

Berkeley, CA

Sylvia Swilley, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Los Angeles, CA

Stacy Syrcle

University of Missouri-

Columbia

Columbia, MO

William Taeusch, MD, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics

UCSF

Oakland, CA

Darren Taichman, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of

Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

Narberth, PA

Laszlo Tamas, MD

Chief of Neurosurgery

Contra Costa Regional

Medical Center

Moraga, CA

Dr. Grace P. Tamesis

Denver, CO

Anjali Taneja, MD, MPH

Family Medicine

Faculty Development Fellow

Harbor-UCLA Medical

Center

Culver City, CA

Jennifer Tang, MD

Boston, MA

Bhakti Tantod, MD

Pleasant Hill, CA

Dederic Taplin, DDS

Dentist

Meharry Medical College

Washington, DC

Stephen Tarzynski, MD,

MPH

Pediatrics

Santa Monica, CA

Sonny Tat, MD MPH

Pediatrics Resident

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Karin Taylor, ND

Naturopathic Physician

Bambu Clinic

Portland, OR

Mistye Taylor, MD

Ob-Gyn

Indiana University

Indianapolis, IN

Folake Taylor, MD

Internal Medicine

Primary Care Doctor

Westcare Pediatrics and

Family Care

Roswell, GA

Jovonsia Taylor, MD

Bowie, MD

Amy Taylor, MD, MHS

Pediatrics

Bowie, MD

Jamila Taylor, MD

Family Medicine

Southfield, MI

Lisa Taylor-Kennedy, MD

Anesthesiology

Director & CEO, Phoenix

Anesthesia & Pain

Management Group

Baylor University Medical

Center

Medical City Hospital

Sunnyvale, TX

Alice Teich

Columbia, SC

David Teitel, MD

Pediatric Cardiology

Professor of Pediatrics

University of California, San

Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Krupali Tejura, MD

Radiation Oncology

Corona, CA

Nalini Tella, MD

Medical Consultant

US Government

Leawood, KS

Rauda Tellawi

American Medical Student

Association

Charlottesville, VA

Michael Temporal, MD

Family Medicine

Saint Louis, MO

Alvin Teodoro, MS3

UCSF School of Medicine

San Bruno, CA

Edna Termilus

Medical Student

Atlanta, GA

Andrea Thach, MD

Intenral Medicine

Clinic Provider; co-director

of palliative care service

Lifelong Medical Care, a

CBO for the underinsured

Oakland, CA

Rupin Thakkar, MD

Pediatrics Primary Care

Seattle, WA

Andrew Theilen, BA, MD

University of Texas Health

Science Center San Antonio

San Antonio, TX

Donald Thieman, MD

Family Medicine

Associate Medical Director

CareOregon

Portland, OR

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Willie Thigpen, MD

Family Medicine

El Cajon, CA

Monique Thiry-Zaragoza,

MD

Family Medicine

La Clinica de La Raza

Berkeley, CA

Christopher Thom

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Alex Thomas, MD, MPH

Emergency Medicine

Assistant Director

Mount Carmel Hospitals ED

Columbus, OH

Prakash Thomas, MD

Lecturer

Yale Child Study Center

Hamden, CT

Michele Thomas, MD

Ob-Gyn

Franklin, MI

Lynelle Thomas, MD

Peds / Child Psychiatry

Child / Adolescent

Psychiatrist

Rush Medical College

Streamwood, IL

Dr. Dara Thompson

Hilo, HI

Sally Thompson, MD

Geriatric Psychiatry

Somerville, MA

Michael Thompson, MD

Instructor of Clinical

Pediatrics

Columbia University

New York, NY

Jantzen Thorns, MD/MPH

UTHSCSA

San Antonio, TX

Christopher Thrash, MD

University of Alabama

School of Medicine

Birmingham, AL

Charles Thurston, MD

Dermatology

Private Practice

San Antonio, TX

Angeline Ti, MPH

University of Michigan

Medical School

Ann Arbor, MI

Diane Timberlake, MD, MA

Associate Clinical Professor

of Family Medicine

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Chrisanne Timpe Dupuis,

MD

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Pavana Tiriveedhi, MD

Family Medicine

Kaiser Permanente

Inglewood, CA

Peter Tishler, MD

Staff Physician

Brigham & Women's

Hospital

Plymouth, MA

Lori Tishler, MD

Associate Physician,

Assistant Professor

Brigham and Women's

Hospital, Harvard Medical

School

Boston, MA

Caroline Toll, MD

Internal Medicine

Allina Medical Clinics

Minneapolis, MN

Lornel Tompkins, MD

Richmond, VA

Sandra Torrente, MD

Assistant Professor

Meharry Medical College

Nashville, TN

Mirna Toukatly, BS

University of Washington

school of medicine

Seattle, WA

Jesus Tovar, MD

Family Medicine

Resident

Lexington, KY

Barbara Towner, MD

Internal Medicine

Medical Director, LifeLong

Medical Care

Oakland, CA

Ron Townsend, MD

Radiology, Denver Health

Englewood, CO

Duyen Tran, ND

SCNM alum

San Jose, CA

Cam Tu Tran, MD

Pediatrics

San Francisco, CA

Garrett Trance, DO

Emergency Medicine

Jackson North medical

Center

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Ben Trappey, MD

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Michael Traub, ND

Naturopathic Medicine

Kailua Kona, HI

Katharine Treadway, MD

Internal Medicine

Associate Professor

Massachusetts General

Hospital Harvard Medical

School

Weston, MA

Dr. Shanthi Trettin

Doylestown, PA

Virginia Triant, MD, MPH

Infectious Diseases

Assistant in Medicine

Massachusetts General

Hospital

Boston, MA

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Christine Truman, MD

Psychiatry

Norfolk, VA

Emily Tsai, MD

Cardiology Fellow

Johns Hopkins Hospital

Baltimore, MD

Adam Tsai, MD

Assistant Professor of

Internal Medicine

University of Colorado

Denver

Denver, CO

Thomas Tsai

Medical Student

Stanford, CA

Eva Tseng

Tufts University School of

Medicine

Newton, MA

Walter Tsou, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine / Public

Health

Philadelphia, PA

Sharon Tucker, MD

Rockwall, TX

Lynn Tuggle, MD

Emergency Medicine

Nashville General Hospital

Nashville, TN

James Tulsky, MD

Palliative Medicine

Professor of Medicine and

Nursing

Duke University

Durham, NC

Jada Turco, MD

NYU

New York, NY

Frances Turcotte Benedict,

MD

Resident

Hasbro Children's Hospital

Walpole, MA

Jeannine Turner, MD

Cardiology

Northwestern Memorial

Hospital

Oak Park, IL

Jonathan Turner, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

UCLA medical center

Los Angeles, CA

Yousef Turshani, MD

Pediatrics

Pediatric Resident

University of California, San

Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Patrice Tyson, MD

Assistant Professor

Case Western-UH Hospitals

Cleveland, OH

Nathaniel Uchtmann, JD,

MD Candidate

University of Illinois

Urbana, IL

Pamela Udomprasert, MD

Pediatrics

Waterbury Hospital, St.

Mary's Hospital, Alliance

Medical Group

Southington, CT

Shannon Udovic-Constant,

MD

Staff Pediatrician

Kaiser Permanente

San Francisco, CA

Gaurav Upadhyay, MD

Cardiology Fellow

Massachusetts General

Hospital

Cambridge, MA

Lydia Vaias, MD

Staff Surgeon

Southern California

Permanente Medical Group

Long Beach, CA

Anand Vaidya, MD

Internal

Medicine/Endocrinology

Clinical and Research Fellow

in Endocrinology

Brigham & Women's

Hospital

Brookline, MA

Irene Valencia, ND

Mesa, AZ

Kathleen Valenton, MD

Ob-Gyn

Cedars Sinai Medical Center

Pasadena, CA

Cornelius Van Dam, MD

Internal Medicine/Infectious

Disease

Assistant Professor

Moses Cone Hospitals

Greensboro, NC

Charles van der Horst, MD

Internal Medicine/ Infectious

Diseases

Professor of Medicine

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill, NC

Kristin Van Hook, MD, MPH

Pediatric Pulmonology Staff

Physician

Clinical Assistant Professor

Nemours; Florida State

University

Pensacola, FL

Bianca Van Kust, MD

Pediatrics

Temple University Hospital

Havertown, PA

Ryan Van Ramshorst, MD

candidate

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

Susan Van Scoyk, MD

Child Psychiatry

Denver, CO

Ari Vanderwalde, MD, MPH,

MBioethics

Oncology, Hematology,

Internal Medicine

Fellow

City of Hope Comprehensive

Cancer Center

Los Angeles, CA

Carol Vanderzwaag, MD

Medicial Director, ACTT

Psychiatrist

Cross Disability Services,

Chapel Hill, NC

Chapel Hill, NC

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Joyce Varghese, DO

Pediatrics Resident

LSUHSC Children's Hospital

New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

Manish Varma, MD

Internal Medicine, Primary

Care, Ambulatory / Urgent

care

Dawa: Advanced Medical

Center

San Francisco, CA

Usha Vasan, MD

Pediatric Oncology, Retired

Vienna, WV

Ana Vaughan, BS, MPH

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

Anita Vaughn, MD

HIV, Internal Medicine and

Addiction Medicine

Medical Director

Communities United Health

Care, Attending Physician,

Newark Beth Israel Medical

Center

Plainfield, NJ

Pedro Velez, MD

Surgery

Associate Medical Director

Jackson Memorial Hospital

Miami, FL

Philip Verhoef, MD, PhD

Internal Medicine and

Pediatrics Resident

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Caithness Vibbard, MD,

MSPH

Family Medicine Resident

Kaiser Permanente

Long Beach, CA

Katherine Vickery, MD

Family Practice

Resident

Allina/United Family

Medicine Clinic

Saint Paul, MN

Karen Victor, MD

Brookline, MA

Venkatesan Vidi,

MD,DNB,MRCP(UK)

Internal Medicine Resident

Lahey Clinic

Malden, MA

Senbagam Virudachalam,

MD

Pediatrics Resident

Children's Hospital &

Research Center Oakland

Granite Bay, CA

George Viscomi, MD

Univ. of Michigan

Northville, MI

Bernadette Vitola, MD, MPH

Fellow, Pediatric

Gastroenterology,

Hepatology and Nutrition

Washington University

Saint Louis, MO

Anna Volerman, BA

Boston University

Framingham, MA

Surabhi Vora, MD, MPH

Pediatrics, Infectious

Diseases

Attending Physician

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Vrahas Vrahas, MD

Chief Of Orthopaedic

Trauma

Harvard

Boston, MA

Judy Vu, MD Candidate

University of Utah School of

Medicine

Salt Lake City, UT

Mark Vukalcic, BA MD

Staff Anesthesiologist

CCRMC

Martinez, CA

Nikhil Wagle, MD

Oncology

Clinical Fellow in

Hematology/Oncology

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Brookline, MA

Priya Wagle, MD

Otolaryngology

Linwood, NJ

Sharad Wagle, MD

Chief of Psychiatry

Holy Name Hospital

Oradell, NJ

Neil Wagle, MD

Harvard Medical School

Brookline, MA

Jenny Walker, MD, MPH

Family Medicine

Assistant Professor

Mount Sinai School of

Medicine

New York, NY

Robin Wallace, MD

Family Physician

San Francisco Department of

Public Health

San Francisco, CA

William Walsh, MD MPH

Internal Medicine,

Pulmonary Medicine, Critical

Care Medicine

Fellow

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Susanna Walsh, MD

Assistant Professor of Ob-

Gyn

Boston University

North Yarmouth, ME

Mary Norine Walsh, MD

Cardiology

Indianapolis, IN

Laura Walton, ND, LMP

Family Practice, VITALITY

healthcare

Seattle, WA

Dr. leslie Walton, MD

Professor Emeritus, UNC

School of Medicine

Durham, NC

Susan Wang, MD, MPH

Internal Medicine and

Pediatrics

Decatur, GA

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Dr. Karen Wang

Houston, TX

Dora Wang, MD

Psychiatrist

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM

Eileen Wang, MD

Assistant Professor of Ob-

Gyn

UPENN

Philadelphia, PA

Meredith Warden, MD,MPH

Ob-Gyn Resident

University of California, San

Francisco

San Francisco, CA

Terrance Ware, DDS

Ware Family Dental

Jackson, MS

Thomas Warne, MD

HIV, Family Medicine

Country Director

Clinton HIV/AIDS Initiative,

China Program

Chicago, IL

David Warren, MD

Volunteer Physician

Haight Ashbury Free Medical

Clinic

San Carlos, CA

Sarah Washington, MD

Pediatrics Resident Physician

Westchester Medical Center

White Plains, NY

Barbara Wasserman, MD

Internal Medicine

Retired

Ellicott City, MD

Ellen Weber, MD

Professor

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Dr. Romi Webster

Jamaica Plain, MA

John Wegmann, MD

Pediatrics, Retired

Port Angeles, WA

Jennifer Weida, MD

Ob-Gyn resident

Indiana University School of

Medicine

Indianapolis, IN

Deborah Weidner, MD,

MBA

Child Psychiatry

Boston, MA

Sanford Weimer, MD, MPH

Psychiatry - Public Health

CEO, WWEAP, Private

Practice

Los Angeles, CA

Peggy Weintrub, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Steven J. Weisman, Md, MD

Pediatric Anesthesiology and

Pain Management

Professor of

Anesthesiology/Pedaitrics

Medical College of

Wisconsin/Children's

Hospital of Wisconsin

Thiensville, WI

Peter Weiss, MD

Geriatrics

Centura Senior Life Center

Denver, CO

Tamara Weiss, MD

Psychiatry Research Fellow

Emory

Atlanta, GA

Charles Weiss, MD

Primary Care Internal

Medicine

Newton, MA

Ann Weissman, MD

Internal Medicine

Associate Medical Director

University Health Services,

Tang Center, University of

California, Berkeley

San Francisco, CA

Thomas Welty, MD

Preventive Medicine

Medical Epidemiologist

University of Colorado

Mccall, ID

Janice Werbinski, MD,

ACOG

Gynecology

Associate Clinical Professor

Michigan State University

College of Human Medicine

Portage, MI

Michael Westerhaus, MD,

MA

Brigham and Women's

Hosptial

Jamaica Plain, MA

Franklin Westhout, MD

Los Angeles, CA

Talley Whang, MD

Dermatology Resident

Beth Israel Deaconess

Medical Center

Newtonville, MA

Evelyn White, MD

Internist

Family Treatment Center

Barrington, IL

Jordan White, MD

Family Medicine

Providence, RI

Corey White, DO

Touro University Nevada

COM

Henderson, NV

Misty White, ND

Resident Physician

NCNM

Portland, OR

Krishna White, MD

Director, Adolescent

Medicine

Nemours/A.I. duPont

Hospital for Children

New Castle, DE

Gina Whitney, MD

Attending Physician in

Anesthesiology and

Pediatrics

Vanderbilt University

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Medical Center

Nashville, TN

Lorry Wider, MD

Chief of Anesthesia

Easten Maine Medical Center

Bangor, ME

Susan Wilder, MD

CEO, LifeScape Medical

Associates

Scottsdale, AZ

Craig Wildert, MD,

Emergency Medicine

Attending Physician

Howard University

Upper Marlboro, MD

Gila Wildfire, MD

Family Practice

Contra Costa Health Services

Concord, CA

Elizabeth Wiley

Arlington, VA

Serron Wilkie, ND

National College of Natural

Medicine

Portland, OR

Victoria Wilkins, MD, MPH

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Mark Wille, MD

Internal Medicine

Contra Costa Regional

Medical Center

Lafayette, CA

Harold Willens, MD

Cardiovascular Diseases

Michigan Heart & Vascular

Specialists

Petoskey, MI

Harold Willens, MD

Cardiology

Alanson, MI

Ifreke Williams, MD

Candidate

VCU School of Medicine

Richmond, VA

Tanya Williams

Weill Cornell Medical

College

New York, NY

Calvin Williams, MD

Surgeon

Arnaudville, LA

Stormee Williams, MD

Pediatrics

Martin Luther King Jr Family

Clinic

Dallas, TX

John F. Williams, MD EdD

MPH

Anesthesiology/Critical Care

Provost and Vice President

for Health Affairs

The George Wshington

University medical Center

Washington, DC

Robert Williams, MD

Internal Medicine,

Hypertension, Lipidology

private practice

Franklin, NC

Lindia Willies-Jacobo, MD

Associate Clinical Professor

of Pediatrics

UCSD

San Diego, CA

Erica Wilson, MD

Palliative Care Fellow

MGH/DFCI

Cambridge, MA

Christopher Wilson, MD

Pathology

Largo, FL

Michael Wilson, MD

Neurology

Massachusetts General

Hospital

Somerville, MA

Genester Wilson-King, MD

Ob-Gyn

Physician

Mount Dora, FL

Nina Winans, MD

Private Practice Physician

Truckee, CA

Nicole Winbush, MD

Family Medicine

Minneapolis, MN

Aliza Wingo, MD

Psychiatry

Research Fellow

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

Naomi Winick, MD

Professor of Pediatric

Oncology

University of Texas

Southwestern Medical Center

Dallas, TX

Taryn Winkle, MD, PhD

Pediatrics Resident

Children's Hospital of Orange

County

Long Beach, CA

Anne Wise, MD, MPH

Family Medicine

Neighborhood Family

Practice

Cleveland, OH

Agnieszka Witkowski, MD

Internal Medicine Resident

Physician

UC Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, CA

Dr. Ian Wittman

New York, NY

Judith Wofsy, MD

Chief, Primary Care Internal

Medicine

Alameda County Medical

Center

Albany, CA

Charles Wohl, MD

Internal Medicine Staff

Physician

Neighborhood Health Center

Lenox, MA

Jim Wolf, MD

Neurology

Towson, MD

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Sarah Wolfe, MD MPH

Pediatrics/Child Psychiatry

Resident

University of Pittsburgh

Medical Center

Pittsburgh, PA

Adam Wolpaw

Columbia University

New York, NY

Jean Woo, MD MPH

Pediatrics

Tuberculosis Clinic Staff MD

San Francisco General

Hospital

Berkeley, CA

Lianna Wood, BS, BA

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

Lauren Wooley, BS

University of Maryland

Baltimore, MD

Brooke Worster, MD

Resident Physician

Temple Univ Hospital

Philadelphia, PA

Clinton Wright, MD

Neurology

Miami, FL

Alexi Wright, MD

Oncology

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Boston, MA

Chadwick Wright, MD, PhD

Lewis Center, OH

Rachel Wright, MD

Pediatrics, Neonatology

Fellow

University of Colorado

Health Sciences Center; The

Children's Hospital

Denver, CO

Jennifer Wright Mccarthy,

MD

New York, NY

Theodore Wu, MD, PhD

Comprehensive

Ophthalmology

Virginia Eye Institute

Mechanicsville, VA

Justine Wu, MD

Family Medicine and

Women's Health

Clinical Assistant Professor

UMDNJ-Robert Wood

Johnson Medical School

West Windsor, NJ

Lillian Wu, MD

Family Medicine

Auburn, WA

Christina Wyatt, MD

Assistant Professor, Division

of Nephrology

Mount Sinai School of

Medicine, NY

New York, NY

Rebecca Wylie, BS, MS

University of California San

Francisco

Birmingham, AL

Denton Wyse, BA, MTS,

MD

Clinician/Geropsych

Nursing Homes

Cleveland, OH

Brian Yablon, MD

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics

University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN

Eileen Yager, MD

Pediatrics

Associate Professor of

Pediatrics Emerita

Denver, CO

Joel Yager, MD

Professor of Psychiatry

University of Colorado at

Denver

Denver, CO

Asha Yancy, MD

Ophthalmology Resident

Montefiore Medical Center

Bronx, NY

Radhika Yarlagadda, MD

San Jose, CA

Amanda Yeaton-Massey

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Kevin Yee, MD

Internal Medicine

Director

Keas

San Francisco, CA

Lisa Yee, MD

Family Practice

Asian Health Services

Oakland, CA

Nava Yeganeh, MD, MPH

Pediatrics Infectious Disease

UCLA

Los Angeles, CA

Julie Yeh, MD,MPH

Philadelphia, PA

Baligh Yehia, MD

Internal Medicine Senior

Resident

Johns Hopkins

Baltimore, MD

James Yerger, MD

Family Medicine

Urgent Care Physician

Eagle, ID

Angela Yiu, MD

Family Medicine

PGY III and Chief Resident

University of South Alabama

FM Program

Mobile, AL

Gunaratnam Yogaratnam,

MD

Narragansett, RI

Richard Young, MD

Psychiatry

Forest Hills, NY

Robyn Young, MD

Neurology

Past President, San Francisco

Neurological Society

Alameda, CA

Lorin Young, MD

Psychiatry

Resident

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McGill University Health

Center

Hammond, NY

Benjamin Young, MD PhD

HIV/AIDS

Rose Medical Center

Denver, CO

Paula Young, MD

Private Practice

East Meadow, NY

Mashour Yousef, MD

Oncologist

PCI

Williamsburg, VA

Arthur Youssefian

Medical Student

Glendale, CA

Kimberly Yu

UC Davis, School of

Medicine

Sacramento, CA

Amy Yule, MD

Psychiatry

Resident

Cambridge, MA

Nadeem Zafar, MD

Assistant Professor

UTHSC Memphis

Memphis, TN

Hengameh Zahed Kargaran

University of California, San

Francisco (UCSF)

San Francisco, CA

Nassim Zecavati, MD, MPH

Fellow

Children's National Medical

Center

Washington, DC

Dr. Judy Zerzan

Denver, CO

Cen Zhang, MD

Mount Sinai School of

Medicine

New York, NY

Kristina Ziegler

University of Connecticut

School of Medicine

New Britain, CT

Marya Zlatnik, MD, MMS

Obgyn

Associate Clinical Professor

UCSF

San Francisco, CA

Leila Zucker, MD

Emergency Medicine

PGY-2 Resident

George Washington

University Hospital

Washington, DC

Note: all above affiliations are for

identification only and do not indicate

endorsement by those entities and

institutions.